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A medium-length novel by Tsubouchi Shoyo. There is a tsunogaki (a square inscription) for "One read, three laments." Published from June 1885 (Meiji 18) to January 1886, 17 volumes in total, with two omnibus volumes in February, by Banseido. The author's name is Haruno Yaoboro. A young woman named O-Yoshi, who was separated from her family during the Ueno War during the Meiji Restoration and began to wander, is picked up by Komachida Kouji and his son Sanji near Oji Gongen, and grows up with Sanji. O-Yoshi, who has become a geisha, and Sanji, a student, are reunited on Mount Asuka, and as their love for each other deepens, the time comes for mother and daughter to be reunited thanks to the efforts of her father and brother. The story begins with the reunion with Asukayama and progresses while depicting the present of the protagonist, Sanji, but his human history matures through three overlapping "times": the time of his meeting with O-Fumi, the time of their reunion, and the time that is currently ongoing. In addition to the common view that this is an improved human novel that follows the maturation of a man from a student to a gentleman, it is necessary to reconsider the three-dimensional structure of the realistic novel, which has a tale of wandering and a tale of fate deep within it.

[Nakamura Kan]

"Complete Collection of Meiji Literature 16: Shoyo Tsubouchi Collection" (1969, Chikuma Shobo)

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坪内逍遙(しょうよう)の中編小説。「一読三歎(いちどくさんたん)」の角書(つのがき)がある。1885年（明治18）6月～86年1月、全17冊、2月合本2冊、晩青堂刊。著者名は春のやおぼろ。維新の上野戦争で家族と離れ、流離の始まった娘お芳(よし)が王子権現近くで、小町田浩爾(こうじ)・粲爾(さんじ)父子に拾われ、粲爾とともに育つ。芸者となったお芳と書生の粲爾が飛鳥(あすか)山に再会し、2人の愛の深まる過程で、父と兄の努力により親子再会の時がくる。作品の時間は、飛鳥山の再会に始まり主人公粲爾の現在を写しながら進展するが、彼の人情史は、お芳との出会いの時、再会の時、現在進行形の時と、三つの「時」を重ねて、成熟する。書生から紳士への成熟をたどる改良型人情小説という通説に加え、写実小説の深層に流離譚(たん)、因縁譚をもつ立体構造を見直す必要がある。

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『『明治文学全集16　坪内逍遙集』（1969・筑摩書房）』

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