Yoshino Shui

A collection of tales from the late Middle Ages related to the Southern Court. The postscript states that the story was written by someone called "Shohei Tsuchi no Einu no Toshi" (1358) and "Sho'o". There are various theories about who Sho'o was, including that it was Chamberlain Tadafusa or Yoshida Kenko's disciple Meishomaru, but none of these have been confirmed. There is also a strong theory that the postscript itself is fictional. The author is only assumed to have been a cultured hermit who favored the Southern Court and was influenced by Kenko. The year of its creation cannot be determined, but it is certain to have been written before 1552 (Tenbun 21) based on its relationship with the Muromachi period story collection "Chirizuka Monogatari". There are two volumes containing 35 stories, as well as a three-volume version that is thought to have been completed by a later author with 29 stories, and a four-volume version (with the same content as the three-volume version). The contents are diverse, starting with waka tales related to Emperor Godaigo, followed by tales of divine and Buddhist miracles, tales of seclusion, tales of supernatural phenomena, tales of bravery, tales of tragic love, tales of slander, etc. Some of these tales are noteworthy because they seem to have been created in a creative storytelling manner similar to that seen in works such as Senshusho, while also drawing on works such as "Taiheiki," "Jinno Shotoki," and "Ireduregusa."

[Kinoshita Suichi]

"A Handbook of Narrative Literature" (1976, Tokyo Bijutsu)

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南朝関係説話を集めた中世後期の説話集。跋(ばつ)文には「正平(しょうへい)つちのえいぬのとし」（1358）、「松翁」なる者が著した旨を記す。この松翁については、侍従忠房(ただふさ)説、吉田兼好の弟子命松丸(めいしょうまる)説など諸説があるが、いずれも確証はない。この跋文自体を虚構とみる説も有力である。作者はただ、南朝びいきの教養ある隠士で、兼好の影響下にある人物とのみ推定される。成立年も確定できないが、室町時代の説話集『塵塚(ちりづか)物語』との関係から、1552年（天文21）以前であることは確かである。諸本には、35話を収める二巻本のほか後人がこれに29話を増補して成立したと考えられる三巻本、および四巻本（内容は三巻本に同じ）がある。内容は、巻頭に後醍醐(ごだいご)帝関係の和歌説話を配し、以下、神仏霊験説話、遁世(とんせい)説話、怪異説話、武勇説話、悲恋説話、誹諧(はいかい)説話など多岐にわたる。これらには『太平記』『神皇正統記(じんのうしょうとうき)』『徒然草』などをふまえつつ、『撰集抄(せんじゅうしょう)』などにみられるのと同様な、創作説話的方法で形成されたとみられるものがあり、注目される。

［木下資一］

『『説話文学必携』（1976・東京美術）』

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