Ariake no Wakare (有明の別れ) is a Japanese tsukuri-monogatari (romantic tale).[1]

Authorship and date

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Very little is known about either the date of composition or author of Ariake no Wakare.[2] Mumyōzōshi refers to the work as a "contemporary work" (今の世の物語, ima no yo no monogatari), implying it entered circulation not long before that work's compilation in 1200.[2] This means it may date from either the end of the Heian period or the beginning of the Kamakura period.[2]

Reception

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Ariake no Wakare was highly regarded by thirteenth-century court audiences.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Khan, Robert Omar (1998). Ariake no wakare : genre, gender, and genealogy in a late 12th century monogatari (Thesis). University of British Columbia.
  2. ^ a b c d Keene 1999, p. 798.

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