The Songs Prophetic of Treason : The Episode of the Takehaniyasu Rebellion(<Special Issue>Rumors in Ancient Literature)

Taniguchi Masahiro

doi:10.20620/nihonbungaku.56.5_13

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謀反を知らせる歌 : タケハニヤスの反乱(崇神記・紀)より(<特集>古代文学における<風聞>)
謀反を知らせる歌--タケハニヤスの反乱(崇神記・紀)より
ムホンオシラセルウタタケハニヤスノハンランスジンキキヨリ

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Both in Kojiki and in Nihon-shoki, there is one chapter written for the Emperor Sujin in which the episode of the Takehaniyasu rebellion is included. In both versions, a prophetic poem plays an important part that is to foretell and prevent the rebellion. Each poem, however, is quite different from the other in tone and style. While the poem in Kojiki gives a direct warning of treason against the emperor, the counterpart in Nihon-shoki is deliberately written in an enigmatic form, interspersed with mysterious phrases like "playing with a princess."

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Japanese Literature

Japanese Literature 56 (5), 13-21, 2007

Japanese Literature Association