Confusing the History and Fiction in the Tales of Ise Confusing the History and Fiction in the Tales of Ise

Abstract

An analysis of the multilayered fictionalisation of the classical Japanese story The Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari) and historization of the main character/author in the context of commentaries.

Keywords

• Japanese Literature
• Heian period
• Ise monogatari
• uta monogatari
• Ariwara no Narihira
• historical events
• fictional events
• commentaries
• mystification