Ariou - Ariou

Japanese: 有王 - ありおう

Years of birth: unknown. A boy who served Shunkan, who appears in volume 3 of The Tale of the Heike. He eventually traveled to the island in pursuit of Shunkan, who was exiled to Kikaigashima in 1177 for participating in the Shishigatani Incident, a plot to overthrow the Taira clan. He is said to have been present at Shunkan's final moments, had his remains placed in the inner sanctuary of Mount Koya, and then became a monk and traveled around the country to mourn his master's soul. Ariou played the role of dispelling Shunkan's delusions and saving him from the suffering of hell, but since Kunio Yanagita published his theory that a narrator calling himself Ariou traveled around the country telling the tale of Shunkan's tragedy, and that this was absorbed into the Tale of the Genpei War, this has given rise to controversy over issues such as the transmission of the tale, the management of the tale, and the creation of The Tale of the Heike. <References> Kunio Yanagita, "Monogatari to Naritamono"

(Yoko Sakurai)

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Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
『平家物語』巻3に登場する,俊寛に仕えた童。平家打倒を企てた鹿ケ谷事件に加担した罪で治承1(1177)年に鬼界ケ島に流された俊寛を追ってやがて島に渡る。俊寛の最期を看取り,遺骨を高野山奥の院に納め,法師になって諸国を修行して主の亡魂を弔ったという。有王は俊寛の妄執を解き,地獄の苦しみから救う役割を果たすが,柳田国男が有王を称する語り手が諸国で俊寛の悲劇を語り歩き,それが源平の物語に吸収されていったとする説を発表して以来,説話伝承,説話管理の問題や『平家物語』の成立の問題などの論争を引き起こしている。<参考文献>柳田国男『物語と語り物』

(櫻井陽子)

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