Japanese Literature

The Role of Scapegoats in Kyokutei-Bakin's “Kōdan” Tales: A Shift from Dramatic to Narrative Devices

Kazunori Nakao

2011 Volume 60 Issue 12 Pages 1-12
Published: December 10, 2011
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.60.12_1

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Although it has been often pointed out that the series of “kōdan” tales by Kyokutei-Bakin were written in a jōruri dramatic style, little has been said about their narrative aspect. Certainly in those tales scapegoats appear according to the dramatic conventions, but they play a more important role as a sort of deus ex machina that miraculously solves narrative dilemmas toward a happy ending. Especially the function of a scapegoat in Tokonatsu-sōshi marks a change of style that puts more stress on narrative devices than dramatic ones.

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Bakin's Critical Discourses on a Vernacular Chinese Novel: From “Hankan-sōdan” to Kyōkaku-den

Hiroyuki Miyake

2011 Volume 60 Issue 12 Pages 13-23
Published: December 10, 2011
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.60.12_13

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In the second year of the Tenpō Period Kyokutei-Bakin wrote a review on Suiko-kōden, a novel written in vernacular Chinese. This is “Suiko-kōden-kokuji-hyō-hankan-sōdan.” Although it has been seldom given an appropriate attention, the critical essay with a long title marks a turning point in the author's career. Indeed, Kaikan-kyōki-kyōkaku-den, an unfinished work he started immediately after the essay, was not only modeled on Suiko-kōden but also constructed on his critical view of it.

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The Historical Background of the Kamigata Guidebooks for the Actors' Ratings in the Meiji Period

Takayuki Hioki

2011 Volume 60 Issue 12 Pages 24-33
Published: December 10, 2011
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.60.12_24

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Haiyū-hyōban-ki was the most popular guidebook for the actors' rankings on box office in the Meiji Period. It was published by the sixty-two theatrical organizations in Tokyo, but Kiyoshi Ogita points out that there were at least two kinds of such rating books also in Kamigata or the present-day Kansai region. They were almost simultaneously published yet quite different in form and content from each other. The aim of this article is to outline the publishing history of these obscure guidebooks and examine the influence of the Tokyo edition on them.

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The 63rd Summer Forum of the JLA Kokugo Division: Again Beyond Relativism to an Ideal Reading Community, Arguing over Text and Narration Once More

Minoru Tanaka

2011 Volume 60 Issue 12 Pages 35-45
Published: December 10, 2011
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.60.12_35

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The Meridian:

Literary Teaching Activities for New Possibilities of Narration and Reading

Chieko Watanabe

2011 Volume 60 Issue 12 Pages 46-47
Published: December 10, 2011
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.60.12_46

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Enduring Bloodshed to Bless the Classroom

Tomoya Saitō

2011 Volume 60 Issue 12 Pages 48-50
Published: December 10, 2011
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.60.12_48

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Reading:

“Vomit Poems”: Akira Tsuru's Senryū Poem “Returned Like a Log a Soldier with No Arms and Legs”

Ken Kurumisawa

2011 Volume 60 Issue 12 Pages 51-55
Published: December 10, 2011
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.60.12_51

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The Meridian:

A Note on Grammatical Person in Waka Poetry

Rei Kufukihara

2011 Volume 60 Issue 12 Pages 56-57
Published: December 10, 2011
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.60.12_56

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Reviews:

Teiko Itō, The Pleasure of Subversion in Utsuho-monogatari

Hideo Edo

2011 Volume 60 Issue 12 Pages 58-59
Published: December 10, 2011
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.60.12_58

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Yōko Ino, Linguistic Resonance in the Uji-jūjō Part of Genji-monogatari

Hirohiko Takada

2011 Volume 60 Issue 12 Pages 60-61
Published: December 10, 2011
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.60.12_60

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Kyōko Yamaguchi, Shōkadō-Shōjō and His “Takimoto” Style of Calligraphy

Satoshi Okamoto

2011 Volume 60 Issue 12 Pages 62-63
Published: December 10, 2011
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.60.12_62

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Ryō Ishikawa, A Historical Study on the Circles of Kyōka Poetry in Edo

Satoshi Makino

2011 Volume 60 Issue 12 Pages 64-65
Published: December 10, 2011
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.60.12_64

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Shinichi Harimoto, A Study of Kyokutei-Bakin's Nansō-satomi-hakken-den

Gen Takagi

2011 Volume 60 Issue 12 Pages 66-68
Published: December 10, 2011
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.60.12_66

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Makito Saya, The Sino-Japanese War

Nagao Nishikawa

2011 Volume 60 Issue 12 Pages 70-71
Published: December 10, 2011
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.60.12_70

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The Prospect:

To See the Supernatural

Hirotaka Ichiyanagi

2011 Volume 60 Issue 12 Pages 72-75
Published: December 10, 2011
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.60.12_72

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