Meitokuki - Meitokuki

A Muromachi period military chronicle on the subject of the Meitoku Rebellion (1391). Usually three volumes. It was completed less than a year after the rebellion. The entry for July 3, 1416 in the Kanmon Gyoki describes the reality of the stories that were enjoyed as tales told by storyteller monks. It describes the events from the Yamana clan's uprising to their downfall, and ends by celebrating the calming of the situation. Since it criticizes the rebellion and regards the existence of Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu as absolute, the author is said to have been a close aide to the Shogun, and there is also a theory that the sad story of the Yamana clan's downfall may have involved a Jishu monk. This is a fine work that appeared after the Taiheiki and marked a turning point in later military chronicles that began to record battles. It is included in the battle section of Gunsho Ruiju.

[Kusaka Riki]

"The Meitoku-ki, edited by Tomikura Tokujiro (Iwanami Bunko)" ▽ "The Tale of Heiji and the Meitoku-ki" (Yomei Collection, National Letters, 1977, Shibunkaku Publishing)

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明徳の乱（1391）を題材にした室町期の軍記作品。通常3巻。乱後、1年たらずで成立したか。『看聞御記(かんもんぎょき)』応永(おうえい)23年（1416）7月3日条に、物語僧の語物(かたりもの)として享受されていた実態を記す。山名一族の挙兵から没落に至る経緯を描き、世情の鎮静化を祝って結ぶ。反乱を批判し、将軍足利義満(あしかがよしみつ)の存在を絶対視しているところから、作者は将軍側近かともされ、また、山名氏没落の哀話に時宗僧とのかかわりを想定する説もある。『太平記』に次いで登場し、合戦記録化していく後期軍記の分岐点にたつ佳作である。『群書類従』合戦部所収。

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『冨倉徳次郎校訂『明徳記』（岩波文庫）』▽『『平治物語・明徳記』（『陽明叢書　国書篇』1977・思文閣出版）』

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