A short story by Yamada Bimyo. Published in Kokumin no Tomo in January 1889 (Meiji 22). A historical piece based on the fall of the Taira clan at Dannoura, it is a tragic tale that unfolds between the Taira clan's wife Kaicho and the young samurai Jiro. The story is ornately written in a colloquial style that was new for the time, and tells the story of Kaicho's shock and despair when she finds out that Jiro is a spy for the Genji clan and is planning to reveal the whereabouts of Emperor Antoku, her anguish and decision that leads to her killing him, and the tragic fate of this decision being nullified by the emperor's death. Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information |
山田美妙の短編小説。1889年(明治22)1月《国民之友》掲載。平家の壇ノ浦没落時に取材した歴史物で,平家方の女房蝴蝶と若侍二郎とのあいだにくりひろげられる悲劇の物語である。二郎が源氏方の密偵であり安徳帝の所在を密告しようとしていることを知った蝴蝶の驚きと絶望,そして彼を殺害するにいたる彼女の苦悩と決断,さらにそれが帝の死によって無効となってしまう運命の悲劇が,当時としては新奇な口語文体で装飾的につづられている。
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