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* [[Margaret H. Childs]] published a study in English on ''chigo monogatari,'' followed by the complete translation of ''Aki no yo nagamonogatari'' " [[Chigo Monogatari, love stories or Buddhist sermons?]] ". [[(Downloadable article)]]
* [[Margaret H. Childs]] published a study in English on ''chigo monogatari,'' followed by the complete translation of ''Aki no yo nagamonogatari'' " [[Chigo Monogatari, love stories or Buddhist sermons?]] ". [[(Downloadable article)]]
*[http://faculty.washington.edu/patkins/P.Atkins-Chigo_in_the-Medieval_Japanese_Imagination.pdf Chigo in the Medieval Japanese Imagination - University of Washington]
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[[Category:Japanese literature]]
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[[Category:Boylove in literature]]

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Chigo Monogatari

The chigo monogatari is a special kind of literature Japanese , which tells a love story between a Buddhist monk and a young novice or chigo .

List of Works

The tragic connection between the monk and the young Keikai Umewaka.

An evil stepmother almost manages to prevent the binding between a monk and a chigo that escape an assassination attempt. Following these tests, the boy chooses to renounce the world and enter religion.

Gemmu a Ohara priest meets a boy of fifteen, Hanamatsu, and falls in love. At the end of his quest he will find that the ghost of the novice, and his young murderer. ( XV century )

The stepmother Hanamitsu creates difficulties that lead him to suicide . But these events lead to his father and his brother-awakening to religion.

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