An Analysis of Hideki Noda's Image of the State in <i>Nodaban-Kokusenyakassen</i>

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  • 『野田版・国性爺合戦』に見る野田秀樹の国家イメージ
  • 『 ノダバン ・ コクセイ ジジ ガッセン 』 ニ ミル ノダ ヒデキ ノ コッカ イメージ

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<p>This paper explores Hideki Noda's view on the state through an analysis of Nodaban-Kokusenyakassen (The Battle of Coxinga, Noda Version, 1989), which is an adaptation of Kokusenyakassen by Monzaemon Chikamatsu. Based on the original play, Kokusenyakassen, Noda recreated the third century national founding story of Yamato in Nodaban-Kokusenyakassen. He created many works related to the nation state, and Nodaban-Kokusenyakassen is one of the earliest of these works. Despite its significance, this work has not been a subject of much analysis.</p><p>The play offers two perspectives. While Noda created a story to build the origin of the state, he also emphasized that the origin of the nation was insubstantial and that the national founding story was fictional. I consider the meaning of this structure, based on materials from Noda's diary and interviews and comparisons with his other works. It becomes clear that Noda felt that the Japanese were unable to share a common image of the nation and needed a national founding story to look back to the origin of their state. I argue that Noda may have realized that the origin of the state could only be reconstructed as fiction at that time. Moreover, there are indications that he intended to make people look back to the origin of the nation, even though it was insubstantial.</p>

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