Monogatari
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History
The form was prominent around the 9th to 15th centuries, reaching a peak between the 10th and 13th centuries.[1] Monogatari was the court literature during the Heian era and also persisted in the form of archaic fiction until the sixteenth century.[1] The Fūyō Wakashū (1271) indicates that at least 198 monogatari existed by the 13th century. Today, only 24 exist.[2]
Genres
The genre is subdivided into multiple categories depending on their contents:
Denki-monogatari
Stories dealing with fantastical events.
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Uta-monogatari
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Stories drawn from poetry.
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Tsukuri-monogatari
Aristocratic court romances.
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Rekishi-monogatari
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Historical tales that emerged during the late Heian period, flourishing until the medieval age.[3] These narratives were commonly written in kanbun (hybrid form of Chinese) or wabun (Japanese).[3] Two of the most notable of this monogatari included the Eiga Monogatari and Ōkagami, which both narrated the story of Michinaga, the renowned Fujiwara regent.[3]
Gunki-monogatari
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Military chronicles and stories about war.
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Setsuwa-monogatari
Anecdotal tales.
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Giko-monogatari
Pseudo-classical imitations of earlier tales.
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Influence
When European and other foreign literature later became known to Japan, the word monogatari began to be used in Japanese titles of foreign works of a similar nature. For example, A Tale of Two Cities is known as Nito Monogatari (Script error: No such module "Lang".), One Thousand and One Nights as Sen'ichiya Monogatari (Script error: No such module "Lang".) and more recently The Lord of the Rings as Yubiwa Monogatari (Script error: No such module "Lang".) and To Kill a Mockingbird as Arabama Monogatari (Script error: No such module "Lang".).
See also
- Fūyō Wakashū, a 13th-century collection of poetry from various monogatari sources, many of which are no longer extant
- Konjaku Monogatarishū, a collection of Heian period Buddhist folklore
- Mumyōzōshi, a 13th-century literary critique on monogatari, many of which are no longer extant
Citations
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pettersson, Anders (2006). "Introduction: Concepts of Literature and Transcultural Literary History". In Pettersson, Anders (ed.). Literary History: Towards a Global Perspective. Vol. 1: Notions of Literature Across Times and Cultures. Berlin; New York: Walter de Gruyter. p. 13. ISBN 9783110189322. OCLC 1030572651.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.A Tale of Eleventh-Century Japan: Hamamatsu Chunagon Monogatari. Translated by Rohlich, Thomas H. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 2014 [1983]. p. 4 (Introduction). ISBN 9781400856688. OCLC 884013397.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Perez, Louis G. (2013). Japan at War: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. p. 464. ISBN 9781598847413.
References
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Frédéric, Louis (2002) [1996 (in French as Le Japon : Dictionnaire et Civilisation)]. "Monogatari". Japan Encyclopedia. Translated by Roth, Käthe (English ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 657. ISBN 9780674007703. OCLC 48943301. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kubota, Jun (2007). Iwanami Nihon Koten Bungaku Jiten [Iwanami Dictionary of Japanese Classical Literature] (in 日本語). Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 978-4-00-080310-6. OCLC 122941872.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten: Kan'yakuban [A Comprehensive Dictionary of Classical Japanese Literature: Concise Edition]. Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten. 1986. ISBN 4-00-080067-1. OCLC 22820487.
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