源氏物語展（天理ギャラリー） Tale of Genji (Tenri Gallery)

 

地下鉄の小川町の駅から地上に出て、オフィス街をまっすぐ歩くと、雑居ビルの中にある天理ギャラリーに辿り着く。

前々から、一度は訪れたいと思っていたが、ようやく足を運ぶことができた。

紫式部が書いた源氏物語の原本は残されていない。

残されているのは、後世の写本のみで、定家本と河内本、その他という3つの系統がある。

鎌倉時代に書かれたその3つの系統の写本が展示されていて、どの写本もとても興味深かった。

いかにこの物語が多くの人に好かれ、それを後世に伝えるべく、写本から写本へと書き継がれてきたかを、目の当たりにすることができた。

注釈書のコーナーでは、定家の筆になる定家小本、一条兼良が書いたと伝わる河海抄、契沖や賀茂真淵、本居宣長の自筆の本などもあって、こちらも興味深かった。

If you go upstairs from Ogawamachi subway station and walk straight through the office district, you will reach Tenri Gallery, which is located in a multi-tenant building.

I've been wanting to visit this place for a long time, but I was finally able to make it.

The original of The Tale of Genji written by Murasaki Shikibu has not survived.

Only later manuscripts remain, and there are three lines: the Teika version, the Kawachi version, and others.

The manuscripts of the three lines written in the Kamakura period were on display, and all the manuscripts were very interesting.

I was able to see with my own eyes how this story was loved by so many people and how it was handed down from manuscript to manuscript in order to pass it on to future generations.

In the commentary section, there were Teika Kobon written by Teika, Kakaisho said to have been written by Ichijo Kaneyoshi, Keichu and Kamo Mabuchi, and books written by Motoori Norinaga, which were also interesting.