The Story of Shosho Tonomine - The Story of Shosho Tonomine

Japanese: 多武峰少将物語 - とうのみねしょうしょうものがたり

A story. One volume. Author unknown. Probably written around the Owa to Koho era ( 961-968 ). This work is written mainly in poems about Takamitsu, the eighth son of Fujiwara no Morosuke , who suddenly abandoned his wife, children and siblings in 961 to become a monk on Mount Hiei, and how he then built a hermitage on Mount Tonomine, as well as the grief of the people around him. It has attracted attention in literary history as a work that connects "The Tales of Ise" and "The Tale of Genji." The Diary of Takamitsu. The Tale of Tamunomine Shosho.

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Japanese:

物語。一巻。作者未詳。応和～康保年間（九六一‐九六八）頃の成立か。藤原師輔(もろすけ)の八男高光が、応和元年（九六一）妻子兄弟をすてて突然比叡山で出家し、さらに多武峰に草庵を営んだいきさつと、周囲の人々の悲嘆を、歌を中心にしるしたもの。「伊勢物語」と「源氏物語」をつなぐ作品として文学史上注目される。高光日記。たむのみねしょうしょうものがたり。

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