『源氏物語』中秋好中宮的「不描的身体」－其意義與對物語的影響

在『源氏物語』中、后妃是重要的描寫對象。這些后妃們公領域的地位與其人性面的愛恨情愁間所產生的矛盾、苦惱是為作品的主題。本稿所談到的秋好中宮是前坊和六条御息所的女兒、當過斎宮之後、在光源氏的幫助下入宮成為冷泉帝的嬪妃。之後更被冊立為中宮，成為往後光源氏栄華生活的重要支柱。但是、即便相當於養父的地位，光源氏也沒有直接見過秋好中宮。這一點雖說是當時地位崇高的女性的習慣、但是也可以證明：秋好中宮雖然受到光源氏的庇護，但是還是希望抱持自己的價值觀生活。在本稿中、將從她身為桐壺院直系皇統的重要性、以及對於其人物的實際描寫，來探討秋好中宮的一生。特別是探討「畫畫」的秋好中宮的人物形塑意涵。結果發現畫畫的后妃，即便找遍平安時代都非常罕見。和日本、中國傳統的后妃的描寫方式、徳性及身體的表象暗示其命運比起來，她的行動、比較具有現實性及日常性。從這一點也可看出『源氏物語』的方針：描寫不受權勢或超自然力左右而能心意相通互愛互信的男女即便是后妃帝王。

關鍵字

源氏物語；絵畫；斎宮；秋好中宮

並列摘要

A queen consort is drawn as important existence, and, in the case of ”The Tale of Genji”, a public position and a suffering by the contradiction with human affection become the theme. Empress Aki-konomi in ”The tale of Genji” is daughter of Rokujo-miyasudokoro (widow of former crown prince). After her mother died, she was adopted by Hikaru Genji, and married Emperor Reizei. Later, she became empress. In this report, auther thought about the life of Empress Aki-konomi, especially about description of her painting picture.As a result, empress who drew a picture was rare through the Heian era, and it was revealed that her action was more realistic and was daily in comparison with Chinese traditional queen consort that moral character and physical representation suggest fate is drawn. And can grasp the policy of ”The Tale of Genji”, even an empress could not get love without personality. Even if she dependded on power and supernatural power.