A Vendetta at Soto-ga-hama : The Narrative Space of Budo-denrai-ki(<Special Issue>The Space of the Early Modern Age)

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  • 「外が濱」の敵討 : 『武道伝来記』の空間性(<特集><近世>という空間)
  • 「外が濱」の敵討--『武道伝来記』の空間性
  • ソト ガ ハマ ノ カタキウチ ブドウ デンライキ ノ クウカンセイ

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Mukunashi-Issetsu severely criticized Ihara-Saikaku's Budo-denrai-ki for its blatant fictitious treatment of the actual vendetta the story was based on. But his attack seems wide of the mark, for the author had no intention to describe the historical fact but tried to skillfully adapt many sources both written and oral into his own story. The vendetta was just a component of such a literary mixture. This is why Soto-ga-hama, a place of the vendetta, was freely turned into a magical space in the story. In the same sense, the relation of each character and the development of events in "Wakashusakari-ha-miyagino-hagi" (vol.7, part 2), for example, should be read not in the historical light but in the framework of fiction.

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