土佐浄瑠璃の脚色法(一) : 曾我物における先行作との関係を中心にして

In this essay the author studies the method of making a stage version of Soga-mono in Tosa Joruri from the viewpoint of its relation to the precedent works. The revenge of the Soga brothers was made so popular by "Soga Monogatari", Noh play, Kowaka-mai, ko-joruri, etc., that it was, as it were, a national tradition. As for Soga-mono Tosa Joruri, the dramatist\u27s effort went into adaptation of it on the basis of these precedent works, while changing it so far as to suit to the public taste of the Edo Period. The method for this purpose was not to change Soga-mono, the favorite of the general public thoroughly, but to add some quite new, different elements to the original. \u27Wada Sakamori\u27 and \u27Yotsugi Soga\u27 are the examples. \u27Wada Sakamori\u27 was deliberately based on ko-joruri, but there was also added the rivalry in love of Soga no Goro and Kajiwara Kagesue with the woman of gay quarters named Kasugano. \u27Yotsugi Soga\u27, though it still followed the work by Chikamatsu Monzaemon, adapted the battle scene fought between Shinkai Aragoro, Goromaru and Asahina. These were the first stage of the adaptation. A further step was made for the second stage, and it was quite opposite to the adaptation of the first stage mentioned above. The music was given quite a new arrangement in whole, apart from the precedent Soga-mono, with the original paragraphs or phrases inserted partly here and there. \u27Makigari Soga\u27 is a good example. This method of putting in of the traditional paragraphs or phrases of the precedent ko-joruri into the newly-arranged Soga-mono based on the new interpretation, may possibly be called a transitory phenomenon leading to the third step. And in this new arrangement the modernized atmosphere of the red light zone after the medieval ages and the fashionable customs and manners, were to flourish thereafter. The third step is regarded as the novel type of adaptation where the work is still based on Soga-mono as the field of activity, but it parts with the prototype of Soga tradition, adds a new subtitle andtaste, developing the fashionable style in the free, uncurbed adaptation. The arrangement of \u27Taimen Soga\u27 offers a good example. The Soga brothers and the people surrounding the heroes completely belong to kinsei (the period between the Medieval Ages and the Modern Age in Japan.) The drama on the stage shows the various aspects of early modern society, too. Thus the plays dealing with the Soga brothers\u27 revenge actually done in the Kamakura Period lost its characteristics of the medieval narrative, and developed the highlight scenes of gorgeous modern-age drama