Ariake no Wakare

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

Authorship and date

Very little is known about either the date of composition or author of Ariake no Wakare.[1] 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.[1] This means it may date from either the end of the Heian period or the beginning of the Kamakura period.[1]

Reception

Ariake no Wakare was highly regarded by thirteenth-century court audiences.[1]

References

1. Keene 1999, p. 798.

Works cited

• Keene, Donald (1999) [1993]. A History of Japanese Literature, Vol. 1: Seeds in the Heart – Japanese Literature from Earliest Times to the Late Sixteenth Century (paperback ed.). New York, NY: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11441-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)