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| 1 | 『源氏物語』の誕生 〈村上天皇〉の十番目のお姫さまである〈選子内親王(大斎院)〉が、〈一条院〉の后である〈藤原彰子(上東門院)〉に「新作の物語はありませんか」と、お望みになりました。〈彰子〉は、《紫式部》を呼んで「がんばって《物語》を新しく作ってきてください」と、おっしゃいました。《紫式部》は、《石山寺》に滞在して、この事を祈りました。すると、《八月十五夜の満月》が、《琵琶湖》の水面に映って、物語の風情が頭に浮かんだので、まず、須磨の巻から書いたそうです。『源氏物語』の巻の数は天台の教典六十巻をもとにして(現在の『源氏物語』は五十四巻)、巻の名前は四諦の法門、「有門、空門、亦有亦空門、非有非空門」という文を参考にして名付けました。第一には物語の本文から、第二には和歌から、第三には本文と和歌から、第四には和歌にも本文にもないところから、巻の名前を決めました。もともと「藤式部」と呼ばれていましたのを、この物語の一部で〈紫の上〉のことをとてもすばらしく書いていたことから、「紫式部」と呼び名が変えられたのです。〈紫式部〉は、観音の化身だという伝説もあります。檀那院僧正に天台一心三観の血脈を許されたのです。 紫式部の系図 堤中納言兼輔—因幡守惟正—越前守為時—女(紫式部) 母は摂津守為信女の堅子です。 （注）一般的な説とは異なる部分もあります。類似した系図が『源氏物語』の注釈書である、『湖月抄』にあります。 | The Birth of the Tale of Genji Senshi, The 10th princess of Emperor Murakami (also called the Great Kamo Priestess), asked hopefully of the Empress of Emperor Ichij_, Fujiwara no Sh_shi (J_t_mon-in), “Do you have any new tales?” Sh_shi called in Murasaki Shikibu and said, “Please work hard to create a new tale for me.” Murasaki Shikibu was staying at Ishiyama Temple, and prayed about this. Then the full moon of the 15th night of the 8th month shone on the surface of Lake Biwa, and the idea of a tale came to her mind. Thus, it is said, she first wrote the “Suma” chapter. The sixty chapters of the Tale of Genji were based on the sixty volumes of the writings of Tendai Buddhism . The names were named on the basis of the “four gates” : the “visible gate,” the “invisible gate,” the “visible and invisible gate,” and the “neither visible nor invisible gate.” The chapters were decided in four ways: the first was to take a word from the prose parts of the chapter, the second was to take a word from a poem, the third was to take a word used in both the prose and poetic parts of the chapter, and the fourth was to use a word appearing in neither the prose nor the poetic parts of the chapter. The author was original called T_ Shikibu, but she was given the name Murasaki because the section of the Genji dealing with Lady Murasaki was especially well written. Murasaki Shikibu may have been an incarnation of the Buddha Kannon. She was allowed to be in the bloodline of the Tendai masters by the priest of the Dana Temple. Murasaki Shikibu’s lineage: The Tsutsumi Middle Counselor Kanesuke _ Nobumasa, the governor or Harima _ Tamesuke, the governor of Echizen _ Murasaki Shikibu. Her mother was the daughter of Tamenobu, the daughter of the governor of Settsu (her name was Katako). |
| 2 | 〈絵１〉八月十五日の夜、石山寺で、紫式部が、『源氏物語』を書きはじめた場面（2丁裏） | (Picture 1) Murasaki Shikibu begins to write the Tale of Genji at Ishiyama Temple, on the night of the 15th day of the 8th month |
| 3 | （(桐壺) いつの時代のことでしょうか、女御や更衣などといったお后が大勢いらした中に、特に高貴な身分ではなく、帝にとても愛されていらっしゃる女性がいました。〔「いつの時代」とは、〈醍醐天皇〉の時代のことです。帝に愛されていらっしゃった女性というのは、〈桐壺の更衣〉です。〕宮殿の梨壺という建物は照陽舎の別名です。桐壺という建物は淑景舎の別名、藤壺という建物は飛香舎の別名、梅壺という建物は凝花舎の別名、雷鳴壺という建物は襲芳舎の別名です。(お后の名前は、それぞれの住んでいる建物の名前で呼びます) この桐壺に住んでいる更衣を愛されたので、この時の帝のことを〈桐壺の帝〉ともいいます。大勢の女御や更衣たちはうらやんで、毎日〈桐壺の更衣〉が帝の近くにいることに、嫉妬をしてばかりいました。 | “Kiritsubo” I wonder what reign it was _ among the many ladies known as Consorts and Intimates, there was a woman who was not of a particularly high rank, and who was loved greatly by the Emperor. (“What reign it was” was the reign of Emperor Daigo. The woman who was loved greatly by the Emperor is the Kiritsubo Intimate.) The wing of the palace known as the Nashitsubo is another name for the Sh_y_sha. The building known as the Kiritsubo is another name for the Shigeisha. The building known as the Fujitsubo is another name for the Higy_sha. The building known as the Umetsubo is another name for the Gy_kasha. The building known as the Kannari no Tsubo is another name for the Sh_h_sha. (The women who live in these buildings are each known by the building they live in.) The Emperor loved the Intimate who lived in the Kiritsubo, so he is known as the “Kiritsubo Emperor.” Many of the Consorts and Intimates were envious, and every day the Kiritsubo Intimate was with the Emperor, so they were very jealous. |
| 4 | そうやって、他の后たちの恨みをたくさん作った結果でしょうか、体が弱くなっていきました。〔重い病気です〕心細い感じがして、実家に帰っていることが多い〈桐壺の更衣〉のことを、帝は、これまで以上にたまらなくお思いで、人々が悪口を言っていても、愛情をお止めになることができません。 | Perhaps because so many other women bore a grudge towards her, she became weak (had a serious illness), and seemed lonely, and she frequently returned to her home. The Emperor loved the Kiritsubo Intimate much more than before, and so even though people criticized him, he was not able to stop his love for her. |
| 5 | 中国でもこういう恋愛関係が原因となって、世も乱れ、とんでもないことにもなったと、世間の人もおもしろくない気がして、人々の悩みの種にもなり、中国で〈玄宗皇帝〉を夢中にさせた〈楊貴妃〉の話に例えられそうになりました。 | In China as well, due to romantic relationships, the world had fallen into chaos and serious things had happened _ the people of the world thought of this without amusement, and this became a seed of worry for many people. It seemed certain that this would be compared to the Chinese Emperor Xu_nz_ng’s infatuation with Y_ng Gu_f_i. |
| 6 | この〈桐壺の更衣〉の父はすでに死んでいて、母親の〈北の方〉は、由緒のある家柄出身であり、古風な人なので、他のお后たちにも負けないようにしています。しかし、何か大事なことがある時には、頼るところがなく、心細い様子です。 | The father of this Kiritsubo Intimate had already died, and her mother (his principal wife), had been born to a high-ranking family, and behaved like a person of old. She tried to make sure that her daughter would not lose out to the Emperor’s other women. However, whenever there was an important function, she had no one to rely on, and seemed lonely. |
| 7 | (〈桐壺の帝〉と〈桐壺の更衣〉は)前世でも約束が深かったのでしょうか、美しい玉のような皇子までも生まれました。〔この人を〈光源氏(光る君)〉といいます。〕第一皇子は、〈右大臣の女御〉が生んだ子供なので、間違いなく皇太子になるだろうと、世間の人々も大切にしているのですが、この〈光源氏(若君)〉の美しさには、とうてい勝つことができません。 | The Kiritsubo Emperor and the Kiritsubo Intimate perhaps had a deep bond in a past life, for a prince like a beautiful jewel was born. (This person is called the Shining Genji, or the Shining Lord). The Emperor’s first prince had been born to the Consort who was the daughter of the Minister of the Right, and everyone treated him importantly, certain that he would become the next Heir Apparent. However, he could not match the beauty of this young child (the Shining Genji). |
| 8 | 〈光源氏（若君）〉が生まれてからというもの、帝はこの〈光源氏〉をとても大切にしていらっしゃいましたので、〈光源氏〉が、皇太子になるのではないかと、第一皇子の母である后は、心の中で心配しています。 | After Genji’s birth, the Emperor treated him with great importance, and so the mother of the Crown Prince (the Emperor’s first son), felt uneasy in her heart, wondering if Genji would become the Heir Apparent. |
| 9 | 帝が、たくさんの后たちの部屋の前を素通りして、何度も何度もお通いになることに、他の后たちが嫉妬しているのも、もっともなことです。あまりに〈桐壺の更衣〉が帝に呼び寄せられる回数が多くなっていきます。すると、打橋や渡殿といった宮殿の廊下など、〈桐壺の更衣〉が通る、あちらこちらの道にいたずらがされていました。それは、見送りや出迎えの侍女の着物の裾が、まったく我慢できなくなるような、とんでもないことなどです。またある時は、〈桐壺の更衣〉が、絶対通らなければならない中廊下の扉を閉めて、こちらとあちらで協力し、〈桐壺の更衣〉を閉じ込めて、ひどい目にあわせたり困らせたりすることも多いのです。 | The Emperor passed right by the rooms of many of his other women, going over and over again to Kiritsubo’s room, so it’s only natural that the other women felt jealous. The Kiritsubo Intimate was called on many times by the Emperor. Therefore, when Kiritsubo crossed the bridgeways and crosswalks of the palace, there were mean things done to her here and there on the way. The things that were done to the sleeves of the gentlewomen who accompanied her were quite impossible to put up with. Then another time, they shut a door to a passageway that Kiritsubo had to pass through, and through the work of several people she was locked in _ there were many things done to vex and trouble her. |
| 10 | 帝はますます〈桐壺の更衣〉をかわいそうに思って、後涼殿という所に前から部屋をもらっていた身分が低い后を、他の場所へ移し、〈桐壺の更衣〉のもう一つの部屋としました。部屋を他に移された后の恨みは、とうてい晴れることがありません。 | The Emperor felt more and more pity for her, and so he had a low-ranking woman who lived in a room called the K_r_den moved to another place, and that was made a second room for Kiritsubo. The anger of the woman who was displaced from her room was unquenchable. |
| 11 | 〈光源氏(若君)〉は、三歳になった年、袴着の儀式をしました。その様子は、第一皇子がこの儀式をしたときにも負けないほどです。見た目や性格が、めったにないほど素晴らしいので、〈光源氏(若君)〉を他の后たちも憎むことができません。 | The year that Genji turned three, he had his Donning of the Trousers ceremony. The ceremony was equal to the one done for the First Prince. Genji’s looks and bearing were unusually splendid, and so the rest of the Emperor’s women could not hate him. |
| 12 | その年の夏、母の御息所〔〈桐壺の更衣〉のことです。〕は、病気になって実家へ帰ろうとしますが、〈桐壺の更衣〉がいつも体が弱いことに、帝は慣れてしまい、帰ることを絶対に許しませんでした。日に日に病気が重くなってきて、ひどく衰弱したので、〈桐壺の更衣〉の母は、泣きながらお願いをして、〈光源氏(若君)〉を宮中に残したまま、〈桐壺の更衣(御息所)〉だけ帰ることになりました。 | The summer of that same year, his mother the Haven (the Kiritsubo Intimate) became ill and tried to go home, but she had always been sickly, and the Emperor was used to it, so he absolutely would not let her leave. The next few days, the illness grew worse and worse, and she became very weak, so her mother petitioned in tears. Thus Genji was left at the palace, and only the Kiritsubo Intimate returned back. |
| 13 | 帝は、かわいらしい〈桐壺の更衣〉が、やつれて意識がはっきりしない様子を御覧になって、今までのことや将来のこと、いろいろなことを約束したりするけれども、〈桐壺の更衣〉は、返事をすることもできません。つらそうな顔をして、意識を失った状態です。帝が「死への旅にも、共に行こうと約束しましたのに、私を残してはいけませんよ」と、おっしゃるのを、 | The Emperor looked at the beautiful Kiritsubo Intimate, who was weakened and barely conscious. He made many vows about the past and the future, but Kiritsubo could not respond. She had a look of suffering on her face, and appeared to have lost consciousness. The Emperor said, “You cannot leave me alone, when we pledged to take the road to death together.” |
| 14 | 〈桐壺の更衣（女）〉も、とても嬉しく思い、次のように和歌を詠みました。 かぎりとてわかるゝみちのかなしきにいかまほしきはいのちなりけり 帝は、〈桐壺の更衣〉に輦車に乗ることを許し、〈桐壺の更衣〉は実家に帰りました。 | Kiritsubo was very happy on hearing this, and she read the following poem to the Emperor: Kagiri to te wakaruru michi no kanashiki ni ikamahoshiki wa inochi narikeri The Emperor gave Kiritsubo permission to ride in a hand cart, and she returned home. |
| 15 | 帝は、胸がつまるほどに悲しんでいます。帝のお見舞いの使者が行って帰って来るほどの時間もたっていないほどに、「夜中を過ぎるころに、〈桐壺の更衣〉が息を引き取りになりました」と、お聞きになります。帝は、気も動転して、もう何の分別もつきません。 | The Emperor’s heart was filled with sorrow. Before the Emperor’s messengers could even get to her home and back, he was told “During the night, Kiritsubo drew her last breath.” The Emperor was stunned, and did not know what was happening. |
| 16 | 帝は、〈光源氏(若君)〉をこんな時でも御覧になりたいと思うけれど、喪中の人が宮殿にいることは前例にないので、〈光源氏〉を母君の実家に帰らせました。〈光源氏(若君)〉も何が起きたのかもわかりません。〈光源氏〉は、周りの侍女たちが泣きわめき、帝も涙がとまらなくなっていらっしゃるのを、何だか変だと見ています。 | He wanted to see Genji even now, but there was no precedent for someone in mourning clothes to be in the palace, so he had Genji return to his mother’s home. Genji did not understand what was happening. He thought it was strange that the gentlewomen were sobbing, and that even the Emperor was unable to stop his tears. |
| 17 | きまり通り、愛宕という所で、葬儀を行いました。母君も、〈桐壺の更衣〉と一緒に、火葬の煙となって消えてしまいたいと、泣いて、見送りの侍女の車に、追いつくようにして乗ってでかけました。 | The funeral, as normal, was held at a place called Otagi. Kiritsubo’s mother wished to become the smoke of her cremation and disappear, she rode crying in the cart of the gentlewomen, as if chasing after her daughter. |
| 18 | 帝から使者があって、亡くなった〈桐壺の更衣〉に三位の位をお贈りになりました。 | A messenger from the Emperor came, and the deceased Kiritsubo was raised to the third rank. |
| 19 | 帝は、第一皇子を御覧になっても、〈光源氏(若君)〉を恋しく思い出してばかりいて、侍女や乳母などをつかって、〈光源氏〉の様子をお聞きになります。風が強くて肌寒い夕暮れに、〈靫負の命婦〉という女官を〈桐壺の更衣〉の母の所へ行かせました。 | Even when the Emperor looked at the First Prince, he only thought longingly of Genji. So he sent gentlewomen or wet nurses to ask after Genji. On a cold, windy night, he had a gentlewoman known as Yugei no My_bu go to the house of Kiritsubo’s mother. |
| 20 | 帝からの手紙に書いてあった和歌です。 みやぎ野の露ふきむすぶ風のをとに 小萩がもとをおもひこそやれ | This is a poem that was in the letter from the Emperor: Miyagino no tsuyu fukimusubu kaze no oto ni kohagi ga moto o omoi koso yare |
| 21 | 〈靫負の命婦〉が、〈桐壺の更衣〉の母に会って詠んだ和歌です。 すゞむしのこゑのかぎりをつくしても ながき夜あかずふるなみだかな 〈うは君〉 いとゞしく虫のねしげきあさぢふに 露をきそふる雲のうへ人 | This is the poem that My_bu read to Kiritsubo’s mother: Suzumushi no koe no kagiri o tsukushite mo nagaki yo akazu furu namida kana (Kiritsubo’s mother said the following poem in response to My_bu’s poem:) Itodoshiku mushi no ne shigeki asajiu ni tsuyu o kisouru kumo no uebito |
| 22 | 良い贈り物をする場合ではありませんので、〈桐壺の更衣〉が残した着物や装飾品を、手紙にそえてあげました。 | This was not a situation to give good presents, so the mother sent clothing and a hairpin that her daughter had left behind. |
| 23 | 帝は夜更けになってもおやすみにならず、庭先に植えてある花を眺めながら、侍女を四、五人そばに控えさせて、お話をしていらっしゃいました。 | Although it was late, the Emperor was not yet asleep. He had four or five gentlewomen chatting with him as he gazed at the garden plants. |
| 24 | 帝の手紙に対して詠んだ、〈桐壺の更衣〉の母の歌です。 あらき風ふせぎしかげのかれしよりこはぎがうへぞしづごゝろなき | This is the poem Kiritsubo’s mother wrote in response to the Emperor’s letter: Araki kaze fusegishi kage no kareshi yori kohagi ga ue zo shizugokokoro naki |
| 25 | 〈桐壺の更衣〉の母(祖母君)の話や〈光源氏(若君)〉のことなどを話して、贈り物を見せると、帝は次のように和歌を詠みました。 〈帝〉 たづねゆくまぼろしもがなつてにても 玉のありかをそことしるべく | My_bu told the Emperor what Kiritsubo’s mother had said, as well as telling him about Genji. When the Emperor looked at the presents, he said the following poem: Tazuneyuku maboroshi mogana tsute ni te mo tama no arika o soko to shirubeku |
| 26 | 第一皇子の母、〈弘徽殿の女御〉は、長い間帝の側に呼ばれず、月の美しい夜に合奏をして遊んでいます。殿上人や侍女たちは、「具合の悪いことだ」と、その合奏の音を聞いています。 | The mother of the First Prince, the Kokiden Consort, had not been called to the Emperor’s side in quite a while, so she was playing music under the beautiful moonlight night. The palace men and gentlewomen said “How troublesome!” as they listened to the music. |
| 27 | 帝は、〈桐壺の更衣〉の母(祖母君)の生活を心配して、次のように和歌を詠みました。 雲のうへもなみだにくるゝ秋の月 いかですむらんあさぢふのやど | The Emperor worried about the life Kiritsubo’s mother was leading, and read the following poem: Kumo no ue mo namida ni kururu aki no tsuki ika de sumuran asajiu no yado |
| 28 | 月日が過ぎて、〈光源氏(若君)〉が宮殿にやってきました。美しく成長したので、神につれていかれたりしないかと大変不安に思われました。翌年の春、第一皇子が皇太子に決まったときも、帝は、〈光源氏〉に第一皇子を越えさせたいと思いましたが、世間が納得しないことだと、遠慮して、表情にも出しません。 | Months and days passed, and Genji arrived at the palace. He had grown up to be quite handsome, and so the Emperor thought with unease that he might be spirited away by a god. In spring of the next year, the First Prince was made the Heir Apparent _ even then the Emperor wanted to pass over the First Prince in favor of Genji, but the world would not accept it, and so he restrained himself, not letting it show on his face. |
| 29 | あの〈桐壺の更衣〉の母(祖母君)は、心を慰めることもなかったからでしょうか、亡くなってしまいましたので、またしても帝は、悲しいことだとお思いになります。 | The mother of the Kiritsubo Intimate, perhaps because she had no way to soothe her heart, passed away. The Emperor’s sorrows were only increased. |
| 30 | 《光源氏(若君)》は《七歳》になりましたので、読書始めの儀式をして、 | Genji turned seven years old, and so they did the ceremony of his first reading. |
| 31 | 勉強はいうまでもなく、琴や笛といった楽器もよくできて、宮殿の人々を驚かせました。 | He was good not only at studying, but at playing the koto and flute, surprising the people in the palace. |
| 32 | そのころ《高麗人の相人》がやってきて、 | At this time, a seer from Koma had arrived. |
| 33 | この《光源氏(若君)》の学問の才能がすぐれていて、《容姿も美しい》のをほめたたえて、「光る君」と名付け、贈り物などを差し上げました。帝は、この〈光源氏(光る君)〉を皇族から外すのは惜しいけれど、源氏の名字をつけて、臣下にするように決めました。 | He praised Genji for having excellent talent and learning and a handsome appearance, named him “The Shining Lord,” and gave presents. The Emperor thought it was regrettable to remove Genji from the imperial line, but he decided to make him a commoner with the Minamoto surname. |
| 34 | 〈絵２〉光源氏七歳のときに、迎賓館で、光源氏が高麗の相人に占いをしてもらっているところ（７丁裏） | (Second picture: The 7-year old Genji, at the State Guest House, has his future told by the seer from Koma.) |
| 35 | 年月が過ぎても、帝は、〈桐壺の更衣(御息所)〉のことを忘れることがなく、心をなぐさめることもできません。前の天皇の四番目のお姫さまで、見た目がとても美しいということを、〈典侍〉という女官が、主人である帝に伝えました。〔その人を、〈藤壺〉といいます。〕 | Even after some years passed, still the Emperor could not forget the Kiritsubo Intimate, and was unable to soothe his heart. A Dame of Staff serving the Emperor told him that the fourth princess of a previous Emperor was extremely beautiful. (This person is called Fujitsubo.) |
| 36 | 昔の〈桐壺の更衣(御息所)〉によく似ていて、 | She greatly resembled the Kiritsubo Intimate, |
| 37 | 身分も高いので、帝は、〈藤壺〉に自然とお気持ちが移っていきました。 | and was very high ranking, so the Emperor’s feelings naturally shifted to Fujitsubo. |
| 38 | 〈光源氏〉は、帝の近くから離れないので、〈藤壺〉のところにも《帝》と一緒によくついていきます。 | Since Genji never left the Emperor’s side, he was often with the Emperor in Fujitsubo’s quarters. |
| 39 | 〈光源氏〉と〈藤壺〉は、《帝》にそれぞれにとても愛されているので、〈藤壺〉のことを、〈光源氏〉の「光る君」に対して「輝く日の宮」とも呼びました。 | The Emperor greatly loved both Genji and Fujitsubo, so Fujitsubo was called the “Princess of the Shining Sun” to match with Genji’s title of the “Shining Lord.” |
| 40 | 《光源氏》は、《十二歳》で《元服》と呼ばれる成人式をして、 | When Genji turned twelve, he had the coming of age ceremony known as the genpuku. |
| 41 | 《左大臣(引き入れの大臣)》の娘で、皇女の母親をもつお姫さまを、妻にすることが決定しました。〔その妻が〈葵の上〉です。〕 | He was given as a wife the daughter of the Minister of the Left, whose mother was a princess. (This person is called Aoi.) |
| 42 | 〈絵３〉光源氏十二歳のときに、宮殿で光源氏が元服の儀式をした場面（8丁裏） | (Picture 3: The 12-year old Genji has his coming of age ceremony at the palace.) |
| 43 | 〈帝〉 いときなきはつもとゆひにながきよを ちぎるこゝろはむすびこめつや 〈左大臣〉は返事として次のように歌を詠みました。 むすびつる心もふかきもとゆひに こきむらさきのいろしあせずは | The Emperor read this poem: Itokinaki hatsumotoyui ni nagaki yo o chigiru kokoro was musubi kometsu ya The Minister of the Left said this poem in response: Musubitsuru kokoro mo fukaki motoyui ni koki murasaki no iro shiasezu ni |
| 44 | 左馬寮という役所が所有する馬に、蔵人所という役所が所有する鷹を添えて、〈左大臣〉にあげました。宮殿の階段のところに、上級の貴族や親王たちが立ち並んで、引出物などを位に応じて帝からもらいます。 | The Emperor gave the Minister a horse from the Left Imperial Stables, and a perched falcon from the Chamberlain’s Office. Then the noblemen and princes lined up at the stairs to receive gifts from the Emperor befitting their station. |
| 45 | その夜、〈左大臣〉の家に〈光源氏〉は行きました。〔〈光源氏〉は十二歳、〈葵の上〉は十六歳です。〕 | That night, Genji went to the Minister of the Left’s house (Genji is 12, Aoi is 16 years old). |
| 46 | 〈左大臣〉の息子の〈蔵人少将〉は、〈右大臣〉の〈四の君〉と結婚することになりました。 | The Minister of the Left’s son, a Chamberlain Lieutenant, was married to the fourth daughter of the Minister of the Right. |
| 47 | 〈光源氏〉は、帝がいつも自分の側近くにお呼びになるので、ゆっくりと〈左大臣〉の家に落ち着くこともできません。〈光源氏〉は、〈藤壺〉のことを世の中にめったにないものと思って、〈藤壺〉のような女性と結婚したい、〈藤壺〉と似ている女性もいないなあと思うので、〈葵の上(大殿の君)〉とはあまり親しくなりません。 | Genji was always with the Emperor, so he was not able to leisurely spend time at the Minister of the Left’s house. Genji thought that Fujitsubo was like few other woman in the world, and he wanted to marry someone like Fujitsubo. He wondered if there could be another woman like Fujitsubo, and so he didn’t think of Aoi very fondly. |
| 48 | 大人になってからは、子供の時のように〈藤壺〉と同じ御簾の中にも入れません。合奏をする時々に、琴や笛の音色に気持ちをこめ、かすかに聞えてくる〈藤壺〉の声を慰めにして、〈光源氏〉は宮殿でばかり過ごしています。 | Once Genji had become an adult, he could no longer go into the blinds to see Fujitsubo the way he had done as a child. At music-making times, he felt the tone of the koto or flute, and the faint voice of Fujitsubo comforted him, and he only spent time in the palace. |
凡例
No.：通し番号。『源氏物語』の内容ごとに小さく区切っている。
現代語訳：元の文章。『十帖源氏』校訂本文を現代日本語に訳したもの。
英訳：現代語訳を英文化したもの。