A Study On The Irogonomi Characteristic Of Junichi Watanabe’s Works Based On The Concept Of Irogonomi In Japan

The famous contemporary Japanese writer Junichi Watanabe is concerned with the"transformation of love”,which acknowledges that love is constantly changing and that there is no permanent love.Therefore,his works are usually in the form of middle-aged men and women’s extramarital affairs,which can express the purity and absoluteness of love and sex between men and women.Through the exploration of love and sex,he concludes that sex and marriage cannot reach a perfect state of unity.Even at this point,it is difficult for this state to exist for a long time,and death is the only way to make love and sex permanent.Junichi Watanabe’s works have strong characteristics of anti-tradition,anti-morality and super secular,which is in line with the Japanese irogonomi literature tradition.In addition,Junichi Watanabe narrowed the scope of his creation to the focus on the relationship between the men and women,which showed the emotional and moral conflicts between men and women in contemporary Japan from a unique perspective.The depth of desire in modern life is deeply discussed,which gives his works a modern atmosphere.A new trend of love and sex themes in contemporary Japanese literature is revealed.Therefore,Junichi Watanabe’s works are not only a new affirmation and inheritance of the irogonomi literature tradition in Japan,but also a kind of innovation of the irogonomi tradition.Japanese concept of irogonomi and irogonomi literature tradition are inherited by Junichi Watanabe’s works,are full of strong characteristic of irogonomi,which is mainly manifested as follows: 1,The creation theme of love and death due to love is not only the affirmation and pursuit of sex,but also the affirmation of human’s natural desire and the resistance to social ethics;2,Praise the beauty of women and depicted as the embodiment of beauty.The embodiment of beauty satisfies the aesthetic needs and physical needs of men in the process of love and sex.The men who are addicted to beauty also exude strong characteristic of irogonomi in the process of pursuing sex and female beauty;3,By creating a sense of nihility,sad and beautiful,impermanence through the changeability of natural scenery and the flow of seasons,and convey that after satisfying the desire of sex,people are finally empty and sad.Junichi Watanabe’s works awaken human beings’ pursuit of freedom and pure love through the praise of true love and sex,and the affirmation of human desires.Facing the choice between emotion and morality,the protagonists in Junichi Watanabe’s works chose to violate social ethics and enjoy the beauty of love and sex.However,how people in real life should choose is a question that every modern person should seriously consider.Based on the concept of irogonomi,this paper conducts a comprehensive analysis and study on the irogonomi characteristic of Watanabe’s works.However,the similarities and differences of all representative irogonomi writers and works in the development of Japanese irogonomi literature and the irogonomi characteristic of Watanabe’s works have not been comprehensively compared and studied.Therefore,this aspect needs to be further studied in the future.