『사라시나닛키』의 달 -달의 장면을 중심으로-

Abstract

This paper examines the moon in the SarashinaNikki. I analyzed the use of the moon as a scene, and examined how the author expresses the moon, including moon scenes with waka(和歌), moonlight depicted as a harbinger of misfortune, and scenes in which the author contemplates the bright moon in her daily life, whether she is happy or sad. As a result, there are 12 Wakas of the moon (including moonlight) in SarashinaNikki, with the bright moon being the most common, and the winter moon being the most common in terms of season. The moon scenes express a wide range of emotions, showing the author's preference for always looking at the moon, whether happy, sad, or depressed. Furthermore, after comparing and examining the moon in SarashinaNikki with the moon in KageroNikki and IzumiShikibuNikki, the two previous works, it seems that among the three works, SarashinaNikki has the most moon Wakas, as well as the most uses of the moon, and the moon seems to be the most favored material for Wakas. In terms of the places where the waka are included, SarashinaNikki is mostly recited away from home, whereas KageroNikki and IzumiShikibuNikki are mostly recited at home. In terms of lunar aspects, the authors of IzumiShikibuNikki and SarashinaNikki are similar in their preference for a bright moon and a rising moon. In terms of the emotional expression of the moon scenes in the three works, the author of SarashinaNikki is the most diverse. It can be said that the author of SarashinaNikki loved the world of night more than any of the Heian period female writers, and was especially interested in the moon and utilized it as the subject of her waka. It is also not unrelated to the author's qualities as a writer, as she wrote this work with regret in her later years, and the moon was an idealized version of the world of monogatari for her.