The Legend of Bluebeard

Japanese: 青髯伝説 - あおひげでんせつ

Bluebeard is the nickname of Ural, the protagonist of a story in Perrault's Fairy Tales (1697), who kills six wives one after another and is killed by the brother of his seventh wife. The model for the character is Gilles de Retz (1404-1440), who was affectionately known as Bluebeard, an aristocrat, art lover, and soldier. He fought bravely in the Hundred Years' War and inherited a huge fortune at the age of 28, but was executed for numerous crimes, including the massacre of young children. He is also said to have been modeled on Henry VIII. There have been many later adaptations and retellings of the story, including Bartók's opera Bluebeard's Castle (1911).

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Japanese:

青髯とはペロー作《童話集》（1697年）中の物語の主人公ウラルの呼び名で，次々に６人の妻を殺し，７人めの妻の兄に殺される。ジル・ド・レGilles de Retz〔1404-1440〕がモデルとされ，彼は青髯の名で親しまれた貴族，芸術愛好家，軍人。百年戦争で奮戦，28歳でばくだいな財産を相続したが，幼児虐殺など数多くの犯罪行為で処刑された。あるいはヘンリー８世がモデルともいわれる。後世の翻案や再話も多く，バルトークのオペラ《青髯の城》（1911年）もある。

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