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* [[Aki no yo nagamonogatari]]秋夜長物語''(Long story for a fall night)'' | * [[Aki no yo nagamonogatari]] 秋夜長物語 ''(Long story for a fall night)'': The tragic connection between the monk and the young Keikai Umewaka. | ||
The tragic connection between the monk and the young Keikai Umewaka. | * [[Ashibiki]] あしびき: An evil stepmother almost manages to prevent the binding between a monk and a ''chigo'' that escape an assassination attempt. Following these tests, the boy chooses to renounce the world and enter religion. | ||
* [[Ashibiki]]あしびき | * [[Ben no sōshi]] 辨草子 ''(Tale of discrimination)'' | ||
An evil stepmother almost manages to prevent the binding between a monk and a ''chigo'' that escape an assassination attempt. Following these tests, the boy chooses to renounce the world and enter religion. | * [[Gemmu monogatari]] 幻夢物語 ''(The story of Gemmu)'': Gemmu a Ohara priest meets a boy of fifteen, Hanamatsu, and falls in love. At the end of his quest he will find that the ghost of the novice, and his young murderer. ([[XV century]]) | ||
* [[Ben no sōshi]]辨草子 ''(Tale of discrimination) | * [[Hanamitsu]] 花みつ ''(Flower Nectar)'': The stepmother Hanamitsu creates difficulties that lead him to [[suicide]] . But these events lead to his father and his brother-awakening to religion. | ||
* [[Gemmu monogatari]]幻夢物語''(The story of Gemmu)'' | * [[Matsuho no ura monogatari]] 松帆浦物語 ''(The story of Matsuho beach)'' | ||
Gemmu a Ohara priest meets a boy of fifteen, Hanamatsu, and falls in love. At the end of his quest he will find that the ghost of the novice, and his young murderer. ( [[XV century]] ) | * [[Saga monogatari]] 暛峨物語 | ||
* [[Hanamitsu]]花みつ''( | * [[Toribeyama monogatari]] 鳥部山物語 ''(The story of Mount Toribe)'' | ||
The stepmother Hanamitsu creates difficulties that lead him to [[suicide]] . But these events lead to his father and his brother-awakening to religion. | |||
* [[Matsuho no ura monogatari]]松帆浦物語 ''(The story of Matsuho beach)'' | |||
* [[Saga monogatari]]暛峨物語 | |||
* [[Toribeyama monogatari]]鳥部山物語 ''(The story of Mount Toribe)'' | |||
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A chigo monogatari (稚児物語) is a special kind of Japanese literature which tells a love story between a Buddhist monk and a young novice or chigo .
List of Works
- Aki no yo nagamonogatari 秋夜長物語 (Long story for a fall night): The tragic connection between the monk and the young Keikai Umewaka.
- Ashibiki あしびき: An evil stepmother almost manages to prevent the binding between a monk and a chigo that escape an assassination attempt. Following these tests, the boy chooses to renounce the world and enter religion.
- Ben no sōshi 辨草子 (Tale of discrimination)
- Gemmu monogatari 幻夢物語 (The story of Gemmu): Gemmu a Ohara priest meets a boy of fifteen, Hanamatsu, and falls in love. At the end of his quest he will find that the ghost of the novice, and his young murderer. (XV century)
- Hanamitsu 花みつ (Flower Nectar): The stepmother Hanamitsu creates difficulties that lead him to suicide . But these events lead to his father and his brother-awakening to religion.
- Matsuho no ura monogatari 松帆浦物語 (The story of Matsuho beach)
- Saga monogatari 暛峨物語
- Toribeyama monogatari 鳥部山物語 (The story of Mount Toribe)
See also
External links
- Margaret H. Childs published a study in English on chigo monogatari, followed by the complete translation of Aki no yo nagamonogatari " Chigo Monogatari, love stories or Buddhist sermons? ". (Downloadable article)
- Chigo in the Medieval Japanese Imagination - University of Washington
- 1000 Years of Pretty Boys « The Hooded Utilitarian
