抄録
The area of Suma is influenced by many preceding stories and traditions in the text of The Suma chapter of The Tale of Genji, but it has been recognized as a fixed image related to the sea, it is the dreary place that where an exile lives. However, when looked upon as the living-space of Hikaru Genji, the place Suma is described as a space having both elements of the sea and the mountain, without the description leaving a consistent impression. In this paper, I analyze the living-space of Hikaru Genji with regards to the story text. I point out that the sea of Suma emphasizes the dreariness and lonesomeness of Hikaru Genji by the image of Waka, and that the mountain shows a bearing of Hikaru Genji as a recluse calmly content in heart through the image of Chinese poetry while being related with a pseudo-priestly life. Furthermore, I treat that space of Suma that has been treated relative to the capital switches as a bordering space leading to the ground Akashi from the purification ceremony of the beginning of March.
