에도․메이지 그림 스고로쿠(絵双六)에 나타난 문학적 요소 – 문화 콘텐츠로서의 가능성에 대한 모색 –

Abstract

This paper examines the aspects of making use of literature features in E-Sugoroku, focusing on the three perspectives which are Mukashibanashi(Old Tales), Chūshingura, and Bakemono(Monster characters). Among the Edo media, it can be said that E-Sugoroku incorporated the possibilities of modern media from its game-like feature. Many elements that can be applied to modern times have been also discovered. Firstly, the storytelling required to realize making games, secondly, the characters of Samurais and their actor-characters who are connected to Kabuki actors derived from them, and thirdly, Bakemonos that are still used in various media from the Edo Period to today. With all these elements E-Sugoroku still have much higher potential as cultural contents. I would like to continue to analyze E-Sugoroku not only as old toy paintings but also as unique visual media of modern Japan, expecting that a lot of analysis will be needed in that Japanese cultural phenomena can be told from various angles of E-Sugoroku from the past to the present, and the future.