일본 NHK 대하드라마 <아쓰히메(篤姫)>에 그려진 여성의 역할 : 도쿠가와가(徳川家)를 지킨 여성들

Abstract

This paper examined the role of women in a Japanese historical drama through a review of the relationship between Tokugawa and “Ōoku” and the concept of “home”, focusing on Atsuhime, the first historical drama with a woman as the main character in 2008. In particular, attention was paid to the role of wife and mother based on the education of the prefectural wife, and analyzed the person named Ōoku and First Lady Atsuhime of the Tokugawa shogunate. As a result, it was confirmed that the space called Ōoku, which was in charge of women’s education, functions as a women’s workplace and also functions as a space that replaces the role of women in the home and has an expanded family meaning. Through the appearance of a woman trapped there, it can be seen that the space called Ōoku played a role in strengthening the traditional gender norms that limited the role of women to the space of home and subordinate to the authority of the male head of household. In Japan, in 2004, before the popularity of Atsuhime in 2008, the Korean historical drama Jewel in the Palace(Dae Jang Geum) featuring women was aired, gaining huge popularity. The story of Jewel in the Palace, which depicts an honest woman who silently moves forward to the top despite hardships and adversity, approaches viewers of the existing Japanese drama, which has emphasized male-centered strength, and does not challenge male authority. In this paper, by reviewing the positivity of the female role drawn by Atsuhime, it is confirmed that the above ambivalent view of female characters in Japanese historical dramas is the role of women required for modern women.