The Fisher-Boy Urashima
HASEGAWA’S JAPANESE FAIRY TALE SERIES No. 8
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| English ed. 1886（Meiji 19） Catalogue No. 14
資料ID：211074（書誌詳細画面へ接続）
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| French ed. [n. d.] Catalogue No. 112 |
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| Portuguese ed. 1915（Taisho 4） Catalogue No.146
資料ID：489905（書誌詳細画面へ接続）
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| Spanish ed. 1914（Taisho 3）Catalogue No. 155
資料ID：510717（書誌詳細画面へ接続）
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MATSUMURO’S
The Story of Urashima-taro
『浦島太郎』 |
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Matsumuro Yachizo Version 1900（Meiji 33）
Catalogue No. 185
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『浦島』（Urashima）
訳者：バジル・ホール・チェンバレン（Translator : Basil Hall Chamberlain）
絵師：小林永濯（Illustrator : Eitaku Kobayashi）
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■ あらすじ
漁師の浦島は釣った亀を逃がし、その亀の化身である海神の娘と
共に舟で竜宮へ行った。浦島は彼女と結婚し幸せに暮らすが、３年
経ったある朝、家族に会いに少しの間竜宮を離れる決意を話すと、
「決して開けてはならない」と注意された上で玉手箱を渡された。
浦島が元の世界へ戻ると、そこでは既に４００年もの歳月が過ぎて
いた。竜宮へ帰りたくなった浦島は帰り方がわからず玉手箱を開け、
中から出てきた煙で老人の姿になりそのまま死んでしまった。
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注釈
元々は『日本書紀』『万葉集』など古い文献にも登場し、御伽草子と
して全国で流布した話である。長谷川刊行の各版はＢ．Ｈ．チェンバレン
の英訳に倣っており、絵師も同じ小林永濯<えいたく>である。松室八千三<まつむろやちぞう>刊行版では浦島太郎が助けた亀の背に乗り竜宮へ行く筋で、絵は殆どなく絵師の名も記されていない。
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■ Outline of this story
When he found a tortoise on his line, the fisher-boy named Urashima unhooked it and threw it back into the sea. Thereafter, the tortoise, disguised as the daughter of the Sea-God, guided him to the Dragon Palace, where the two married and lived happily together. One morning three years later, Urashima decided to leave the palace and pay a short visit to his family. She handed him a box, warning him not to open it under any circumstances. When he returned to his own country, Urashima discovered that 400 years
had passed in the meantime. He longed to go back to the Dragon Palace, but did not know the way, and finally opened the box. Out came a cloud of smoke that instantly transformed him into an old man who died on the spot.
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Note
The story appears in very early texts including Nihon Shoki, the Chronicles of Japan and Man'yoshu, the earliest extant anthology of Japanese verse. It spread across the country through the medium of "Otogi-zoshi" books of short stories with illustrations. The editions published by Hasegawa follow the English translation by B.H. Chamberlain, and the illustrations are by the same illustrator, Eitaku Kobayashi. In the version by Yachizo Matsumuro, Urashima is carried to the Dragon Palace on the back of the tortoise. This version has few illustrations and does not credit
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