物くさ太郎の一代記

―『物種真考記』にみる手法としての「実録」―

抄録

Monogusa-shinkō-ki, a revenge story of the fictional character Monogusa-Tarō, is heavily based on Jūjō-genji-monogusa-tarō. As Akihiro Satake points out, the story borrows much of its narration and plot as well as the character’s name from the jōruri play, but its realistic representation makes it a unique text. Interestingly enough, however, it is written in such a documentary style yet with little regard to historical facts. As will be shown here, this is because the author is concerned not with writing a true story but with constructing a sort of virtual reality.