The Male Image In Shunkinsho

Shunkinsho is one of Tanizaki's works. Many people think that the workhas a certain historical cognitive value. However, where is the value?Everyone who had read this story might have their own aesthetic viewpoint,ofcourse. In fact, It has always been different opinions with Sasuke and Shunkinin Shunkinsho. The viewpoint of this paper is the male image in Shunkinsho.On the other hand, this paper was written combining with the cultural cognitionof the author and work on the base of the past research results.This paper found that Sasuke, Harumatu, Shunkin's father, Gasan in thiswork played key role in shaping Shunkin. These male images were alsopresented through meticulous construction of the work in shaping Shunkin.However, this was not much concerned in the past research results. In otherwords, this is the weak link of the past research results. However, if this kind ofcritical role is neglected, how can we say that we unscramble Shunkin andShunkinsho well.There were many articles about the relationship between Shunkin andSasuke or psychological research On the Shunkinsho. There was an intensedebate on Shunkin's scalding in Japanese literature arena. On the other hand,there are also many aspects which are thought-provoking on the research ofthe Shunkinsho. For example, many scholars only talked about Shunkin orSasuke from Shunkin's psychology, and about Sasuke or Shunkin fromSasuke's psychology, or about their relationship.Taking the past research results as base, The history, comparison,folk-custom, and psychology methods are used through a strict and careful thetextual research on Shunkinsho. In this paper, the male image, the socialcultural significance and the value of history and literature are discussedcombining with the author's experiences.