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A Study on the Aspects of Reception and Changes of Komachi legend in Tai Dokuro by Kōda Rohan —The influence of the classics and misogyny in the Meiji period—

  • Journal of Japanese Culture
  • 2018, (77), pp.157-181
  • DOI : 10.21481/jbunka..77.201805.157
  • Publisher : The Japanese Culture Association Of Korea (Jcak)
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature
  • Received : April 15, 2018
  • Accepted : May 9, 2018
  • Published : May 31, 2018

Jeonghoon Yoo 1

1고려대학교

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ABSTRACT

This article discusses Otae heroine who does not easily follow the will of menconsider her to ugly on the inside outside.Otae is portrayed as a leper by heredity, but her illness and ugliness are regarded as a punishment for refusing to love men and for trifling with them, a "divine punishment." In it is possible to interpret that not complying with men's will is equivalent to an act against heaven. Otae's depictions have a deep connection with the story of Komachi's debauchery, in which a woman who refuses to love a man is punished and becomes ugly. It is proved through comparison with the legend of Onono Komachi as a woman who did not accept men's love. Otae is considered to be the same as Komachi, but can also be understood as a representation of a woman like Komachi who avoided marriage and continued her studies among female students in the Meiji period.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.