"The Tale of Oto" - Oto Monogatari

…Nagahide, whose fate was almost certain, was reconciled through the mediation of his relative Ooi Mitsunori and returned to Kyoto, but he lost his position as shugo and his rule of the territory ended in failure. The story of this battle, centering on the heroic fight and death of Sakanishi Nagakuni, a military commander of the Ogasawara army, is considered a late medieval chant literature due to its unique style and narrative structure that incorporates colloquial characters, and there is a strong theory that the author was a member of the Tsumado Jishu sect of Zenkoji Temple. [Yumoto Gunichi]…

*Some of the terminology used in "The Tale of the Great Tower" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…命運つきかけた長秀は一族大井光矩のあっせんによって和解し京都に帰ったが，守護職を失い領国支配は失敗に終わった。小笠原軍の武将坂西長国の奮戦と討死を中心にこの合戦のてんまつを描いた《大塔物語》は，俗字を交えた特異な文体と叙述の構成から，中世後期の唱導文学と考えられ，作者に善光寺の妻戸時衆を擬する説が有力である。【湯本 軍一】。…

※「《大塔物語》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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