宮沢賢治とウィリアム・モリス : <芸術>と<労働>の関連について

抄録

Kenji's interest in William Morris is evident from such writings as Nomin Geijutsu no Koryu (The Flourishing of the Arts in Agrarian Communities). However, the aesthetic theories expounded in Nomin Geijutsu Gairon Koyo (Outline of the Essentials of Art in Agrarian Communities) differ markedly from Morris's understanding of folk art. Kenji's theories have a religious tinge and the relationship between art and labor (agricultural labor) is but a slender one. This essay attempts to disengage Kenji's thoughts on the issue of art and labor from his writings, his poetry, and his children's stories. It argues that the aesthetic theory presented in his children's tale, Mariburon no Shojo, represents his final views on art and labor.