Kichisaburo - Kichisaburo

...Volume 3, "The Tale of Rekiya as seen in the middle section," depicts the adultery between Shigeemon, a clerk at a rekiya in Kyoto, and his wife Osan, their elopement, and their execution after they are discovered. Volume 4, "The Tale of the Love-Glass and the Greengrocer," deals with the love between Oshichi, the daughter of a greengrocer in Hongo, Edo, and Kichisaburo, a temple page. Oshichi sets fire to a house out of her desire to see Kichisaburo, and is burned at the stake, and Kichisaburo becomes a monk. Volume 5, "The Tale of Gengobei of Love Mountain," deals with the love between Oman, the daughter of a Ryukyuya shop, and Gengobei, but this volume is the only one that follows the conventions of the book at the time and ends with a happy ending by changing the double suicide incident that was the subject of the story. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kichisaburo" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…巻三〈中段に見る暦屋物語〉は，京の暦屋の手代茂右衛門と暦屋の女房おさんの姦通，駆落ち，発見された後の2人の処刑を描く。巻四〈恋草からげし八百屋物語〉は，江戸本郷の八百屋の娘お七と寺小姓吉三郎との恋をとりあげ，吉三郎に会いたさゆえに放火したお七は火刑に処せられ，吉三郎は出家する。巻五〈恋の山源五兵衛物語〉は，琉球屋の娘おまんと源五兵衛との恋をとりあげるが，本巻のみ，当時の草子の常套を守り，モデルの心中事件を変更してハッピー･エンドに終わらせている。…

※「吉三郎」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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