曲亭馬琴『括頭巾縮緬紙衣』의 考察 –『羇旅漫録』『蓑笠雨談』의 椀久 考証 内容의 利用을 中心으로–

Abstract

Kyokutei Bakin went around Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka and Ise etc. from 9th May to 24th Aug 1802 and during his visits he collected information on the local customs, dialects, historical monuments and personalities which he noted in his works “Kiryomanroku” and “Saritsudan”. As a Yomihon writer, gathering facts that may form the basis for his works later, could have been one of the most stimulating aspect to Bakin’s visits. Infact, five years later he happens to have revealed the details he collected on “Wankyu” at Osaka in his work “Kukurizukin chirimenkamiko”. This paper discusse show Bakin used the information on Wankyu as documented in “Kiryomanroku” and “Saritsudan” and analyze his intentions and technique as to how they are used in his work “Kukurizukin chirimenkamiko”. In “Kukurizukin chirimenkamiko”, the scene where Jissoji elaborates on the “Tomb of So-Tatsu” and the one where Wankyu meets Matsuyama at a red light district, both of them are inspired by the actual accounts that were noted by Bakin during his travels. Among these, the former scene was written while being conscious of the Intellectual class as its reader and the same can be verified from the relevant context. Just before this scene, the story that unfolds so far is written in “Joruri style” in order to earn appreciation of the “Women and child” readers and at the same time had an encoded message for the readers that of being mocked at by the Intellectual class since there was no special literary style adopted. However, the next scene that follow, consists of an objective writing style where Jissoji lectures on the tomb and can be thought to have been written while being mindful of the Intellectual readers. Regarding the latter scene, the main characters like “Wankyu”, “Matsuyama”, “Nozaki”, “Naoroku” etc., all correspond with the real life personalities and this gives rise to the possibility that Bakin might have set all the characters in this novel based on this theory. Further, changing the first ever scene of meeting between Wankyu and Matsuyama into a scene of their re-union demonstrates the capability of Bakin as an author.