「花修」と「別紙口伝」

――その先後関係と世阿弥能楽論の展開

抄録

Zeami's first book of Noh theory, Kaden, consists of seven chapters. The first three were written around 1400, and the rest were added later on. Professor OMOTE Akira has proposed a view that the seventh chapter, “Besshi Kuden,” was written earlier than the fifth, “Ogi,” and that the sixth, “Kashu,” was written last of all (Iwanami Noh Kyogen Koza). I suggested in my article, “Ogi and Besshi Kuden—Which was Written Earlier?” (Geinoshi Kenkyu, Nr. 158, 2002), that the fifth chapter, “Ogi,” was written earlier than the seventh, “Besshi Kuden.” The present paper examines how particular words, such as ongyoku, mai, yugen and shoshin are used in the sixth, “Kashu,” and the seventh, “Besshi Kuden.” The examination suggests the possibility that the sixth chapter, “Kashu,” might have been written earlier than the seventh, “Besshi Kuden.” We should, therefore, consider of the possibility that all the chapters of Kaden were written in the present order.