北原白秋の歌謡に関する一考察 - 『白秋小唄集』の「城ヶ島の雨」を中心に -

Abstract

The present article is concerned with the ballads of Hakushu Kitahara (among other genres of his poetry works). Starting with the conception of Hakushu’s view of ballads, we analyze ‘Rain of Jogashima’ included in “the Collection of Hakushu Short Ballads,” revealing that Hakushu’s private mood of life is reflected into his works. It is also found that the modern ballad style of 5-5-5-7 morae is skillfully utilized for his works, which manifests the harmony of the traditional and the modern.　From the 1910’s to the 1920’s through Word War I, as Imperial Japan grew, Hakushu accelerated his approach to the tradition. In particular, although some argue that Hakushu is a nationalist based on the collection of his ballad works, it should be clarified what the approach to the tradition incorporated into his works and how it was conducted. Further, it should not go unnoticed that Hakushu had utilised the rhythm style of the traditional ballads since his early works. Moreover, during this period, Hakushu produced poems related to his mood of life such as ‘Rain of Jogashima,’ which were shared with people at the time. These factors, we argue, were never directly connected with the political nationalism. Although it is uncontentious that Hakushu finally became a nationalist, the present article raises the possibility of obtaining a new interpretation of Hakushu’s poems by shedding light on his various experimental works written in his 10-20’s.