@article{ART001995811},
author={Sungeun Kim},
title={Conflict and fusion in the 『The River Ki』},
journal={Journal of Japanese Culture},
issn={1226-3605},
year={2015},
number={65},
pages={151-168},
doi={10.21481/jbunka..65.201505.151}
TY - JOUR
AU - Sungeun Kim
TI - Conflict and fusion in the 『The River Ki』
JO - Journal of Japanese Culture
PY - 2015
VL - null
IS - 65
PB - The Japanese Culture Association Of Korea (Jcak)
SP - 151
EP - 168
SN - 1226-3605
AB - The River Ki is the utmost masterpiece of Sawako Ariyoshi that describes three generations of Japanese women who lived through different times. The amount of effort and passion she poured into the novel is apparent, and its plot wholly represents the aspects of women who endured such extreme era. Ariyoshi captured the dimensions of people being swayed by the torrent of the era in detail. Like the river Ki which seems to flow peacefully and yet hides swirling current underneath the seemingly gentle stream, the characters fully unravel the changes in the women’s sense of maternity that took place through the dynamic times. As studying The River Ki, it becomes apparent that Ariyoshi wrote this novel based on the sense of ‘maternity’ which she understood as the root of the womankind. In the novel, readers can witness how consistently antagonistic, drastically different senses of maternity of Hana and Humio are finally sublimated into one. Hidden underneath the changes lies the element of ‘loss’ -the absence of husband and the death of second son. Their opposing sense of maternity is united by Hanako-Hana’s granddaughter-who built the bridges of understanding between the two. Contrary to the first half where the mother-daughter conflict arose, as the novel runs to its latter half, the complete mutual communication between the three generations of women is finally achieved. Although the beginnings were different, the sense of maternity accomplished harmony transcending the lengthy time that began from the era of the mother, Hana, to her daughter Humio and ended in the generation of Hana’s granddaughter Hanako. Then it is sublimated into the ‘complete sense of maternity’ that Ariyoshi believes is the ultimate virtue. It is the core of description of maternity by Ariyoshi who realized early that complete portrayal of the sense of maternity can only be achieved by representing the voices of both the mother and the daughter
KW - 有吉佐和子(Sawako Ariyoshi);紀ノ川(The River Ki);母性(maternal);母と娘(mother and daughter);対立(conflict);喪失(loss/lose);融合(fusion)
DO - 10.21481/jbunka..65.201505.151
ER -
Sungeun Kim. (2015). Conflict and fusion in the 『The River Ki』. Journal of Japanese Culture, 65, 151-168.
Sungeun Kim. 2015, "Conflict and fusion in the 『The River Ki』", Journal of Japanese Culture, no.65, pp.151-168. Available from: doi:10.21481/jbunka..65.201505.151
Sungeun Kim "Conflict and fusion in the 『The River Ki』" Journal of Japanese Culture 65 pp.151-168 (2015) : 151.
Sungeun Kim. Conflict and fusion in the 『The River Ki』. 2015; 65 : 151-168. Available from: doi:10.21481/jbunka..65.201505.151
Sungeun Kim. "Conflict and fusion in the 『The River Ki』" Journal of Japanese Culture no.65(2015) : 151-168.doi: 10.21481/jbunka..65.201505.151
Sungeun Kim. Conflict and fusion in the 『The River Ki』. Journal of Japanese Culture, 65, 151-168. doi: 10.21481/jbunka..65.201505.151
Sungeun Kim. Conflict and fusion in the 『The River Ki』. Journal of Japanese Culture. 2015; 65 151-168. doi: 10.21481/jbunka..65.201505.151
Sungeun Kim. Conflict and fusion in the 『The River Ki』. 2015; 65 : 151-168. Available from: doi:10.21481/jbunka..65.201505.151
Sungeun Kim. "Conflict and fusion in the 『The River Ki』" Journal of Japanese Culture no.65(2015) : 151-168.doi: 10.21481/jbunka..65.201505.151
