Chigo monogatari

A chigo monogatari (稚児物語) is a special kind of Japanese literature which tells a love story between a Buddhist monk and a young novice or chigo .

List of Works

• Aki no yo nagamonogatari秋夜長物語(Long story for a fall night)
  

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

• Ashibikiあしびき
  

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.

• Ben no sōshi辨草子 (Tale of discrimination)
• Gemmu monogatari幻夢物語(The story of Gemmu)
  

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 )

• Hanamitsu花みつ(Hanamitsu)
  (Flower Nectar)

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

• Matsuho no ura monogatari松帆浦物語 (The story of Matsuho beach)
• Saga monogatari暛峨物語
• Toribeyama monogatari鳥部山物語 (The story of Mount Toribe)

See also

• Buddhism
• Chigo
• Japan
• Wakashudō

External links

• 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)
• Chigo in the Medieval Japanese Imagination - University of Washington
• 1000 Years of Pretty Boys « The Hooded Utilitarian