『겐지모노가타리(源氏物語)』 로쿠조노 미야스도코로(六条御息所)의 인물 조형 - 결코 동일하지 않을 ‘기다리는 여자’의 시간들 -

Abstract

In this article, we address the issue of how the figure, Lady Rokujo, in The Tale of Genjiis construed, with special reference to the concept of “woman who waits” and, in so doing, investigate the behavior of “waiting” itself and some internal aspects of “woman who waits.” We particularly focus on Lady Rokyo in The Tale of Genji, who became a vengeful spirit due to her pain and sorrow. More concretely, we revisit the context of the story in which Lady Rokujo became a vengeful spirit, and examine the validity of Mikio Yoshida’s theory which provides a fresh, macro look at the 10th century literature. Yoshida points out that inKagero Nikki, the mother of Michitsuna’s interest gradually shifts from the heart of Kaneie to her body and heart themselves. Yoshida regards Kagero Nikkias a literary work situated between the pre‐Heian literature where emotional connections between men and women are basically presupposed despite women’s distrust of men and the mid‐Heian literature (including The Tale of Genji) where the impossibility of love is suggested. Yoshida further claims that, as in the case of the mother of Michitsuna, Lady Rokujo was introduced as a figure representing “woman who waits.” We critically examine Mikio Yoshida’s theory as summarised above, and also explore how the theme of the story is related to the phenomenon of Lady Rokujo’s becoming a spirit and consequently how it reveals the nature of the behavior of “waiting” and that of “woman who waits.”