一九作合巻『唐渡仙人揃』と岳亭作品における異人・異国への意識について

Abstract

The present article discusses the differentiation of foreigners and foreign cultures represented in “Kusazōshi” featuring “foreign country,” or the image exoticism of assimilation and popularization. The purpose of this inquiry is to confirm the change of consciousness towards “foreign country” reflecting the change of time. Concretely, our analysis concerns Gokan “Karawatari- Senninsoroe,” weitten by Zippensha Ikku, who is regarded as a typical short story writer and Gakutei’s literary works. In particular, we concentrate on Gakutei’s “Hizakurigemono,” which features foreign cultures and the contact of foreigners with Japanese people as well as “Bankoku-kidanbukuro,” which highlights foreign cultures based on the story in the Americas. In this article, we propose the simplified path in the following order: “different cultures are treated as rare goods for exoticism” → “it is no longer a big deal and a rare thing” → “different cultures have been assimilated to the Japanese culture, or Japanese culture have been assimilated to different cultures.”