Japanese Literature

How Are the Mistresses Called in Genji-monogatari?: The Hierarchy of Court Ladies Inscribed in Their Appellations

Sachie Ugai

2013 Volume 62 Issue 12 Pages 1-11
Published: December 10, 2013
Released on J-STAGE: December 18, 2018

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.62.12_1

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In Genji-monogatari Murasaki-no-Ue is also called “Tai-no-Ue.” The appellation distinguishes her from other mistresses and refers to her special relation to Hikaru-Genji. This paper will consider the hierarchy of court ladies that is reflected in the way of calling the mistresses' names in the work.

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Being Alone: A Review on Nowaki

Masaya Nishida

2013 Volume 62 Issue 12 Pages 12-22
Published: December 10, 2013
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.62.12_12

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Sōseki Natsume's novel Nowaki has been often read from an educational point of view probably because of its moralistic plot. Although the author-narrator's didactic tone certainly helps it look like a pedagogical textbook, the story actually is not about the relation between a teacher and his student but about the inevitable solitude of modern self which is represented by Takayanagi's futile attempt to escape from being alone.

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The Beginning of “Kenji Miyazawa”: The Origin of His Image as a Farmer-Writer

Daiki Kamae

2013 Volume 62 Issue 12 Pages 23-32
Published: December 10, 2013
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.62.12_23

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This paper will focus on the contemporary reception of Kenji Miyazawa's works to show how his image as a famer-writer was posthumously constructed and established. Miyazawa was originally praised for his modern form of expression, but the turning point was when The Complete Works of Kenji Miyazawa was published immediately after his death; since then critics have come to put a more emphasis on his way of living than his style of writing. Such a shift in his portrait can be attributed to a mixture of literary and historical factors as well as to a progress in the biographical study of the writer.

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Kōbō Abe's Experience of East Europe: A Communist in 1956

Kenta Saka

2013 Volume 62 Issue 12 Pages 33-43
Published: December 10, 2013
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.62.12_33

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The aim of this paper is to consider the communist impact made on Kōbō Abe in 1956 when he traveled to the East European countries. Especially in Czechoslovakia with his newly acquired insight to discern differences in an apparently homogeneous unit, he could discover the possibility of a new form of power structure built on a heterogeneous community completely free from ethnocentrism. The experience Abe had in his visit to East Europe thus had a great influence on his works after he recovered from the shock caused by the cruel suppression of the Hungarian Revolution in1957.

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The Report from the 65th Summer Forum of the JLA Kokugo Division

The “Third Term” and Narration: Beyond Language

Kōsei Yamashita

2013 Volume 62 Issue 12 Pages 44-53
Published: December 10, 2013
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.62.12_44

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The Meridian:

The “Third Term” and the Current Way of Teaching: A Practical Method for the Construction of a Subject

Yūichi Sumitani

2013 Volume 62 Issue 12 Pages 54-56
Published: December 10, 2013
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.62.12_54

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Toward Something Extra-linguistic

Rinzō Murakami

2013 Volume 62 Issue 12 Pages 58-59
Published: December 10, 2013
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.62.12_58

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JLA and I:

JLA and I

Ikuo Shioya

2013 Volume 62 Issue 12 Pages 62-63
Published: December 10, 2013
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.62.12_62

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JLA and I

Mamoru Takada

2013 Volume 62 Issue 12 Pages 64-65
Published: December 10, 2013
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.62.12_64

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JLA and I: The Division of Medieval Literature and I

Tamotsu Matsuda

2013 Volume 62 Issue 12 Pages 66-67
Published: December 10, 2013
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.62.12_66

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The Meridian:

The Girls' Struggle: The Popular Stories of the Edo Period and Today

Yūko Hiyama

2013 Volume 62 Issue 12 Pages 68-69
Published: December 10, 2013
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.62.12_68

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Reading:

“Chōka” and “Utagaki”

Kōtarō Endō

2013 Volume 62 Issue 12 Pages 70-74
Published: December 10, 2013
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.62.12_70

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Reviews:

Kōzō Nishida, A Gateway to the Bizarre World: A Miscellaneous Note on Early Modern Fables

Osamu Kigoshi

2013 Volume 62 Issue 12 Pages 76-77
Published: December 10, 2013
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.62.12_76

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Nami Kitō, The Readership of Domestic Fiction: Genre, Media, and Gender

Akio Kaneko

2013 Volume 62 Issue 12 Pages 78-79
Published: December 10, 2013
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.62.12_78

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Kōichirō Koizumi, Ōgai Mori's View of the World

Kiyoji Suda

2013 Volume 62 Issue 12 Pages 80-81
Published: December 10, 2013
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.62.12_80

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Masakazu Kuzuwata, The Eight Studies on Modern Poetry: The Poetics of Margins

Hiroaki Takemoto

2013 Volume 62 Issue 12 Pages 82-83
Published: December 10, 2013
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.62.12_82

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Mayumi Mizutamari, The Literary Magazine Circle-mura and Kazue Morisaki

Izumi Satō

2013 Volume 62 Issue 12 Pages 84-85
Published: December 10, 2013
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.62.12_84

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Masataka Katō, To Make an Interesting Class of Classical Literature with High School Students: For More Various Ways of Reading Classical Works

Harumi Watanabe

2013 Volume 62 Issue 12 Pages 86-87
Published: December 10, 2013
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.20620/nihonbungaku.62.12_86

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