日本古典愛情故事故事大綱
《戀與妖 ―成人的古典夜話―》是一部單元劇形式的漫畫系列,從平安時代的《伊勢物語》、《源氏物語》、《和泉式部日記》、《後拾遺和歌集》,平安後期的《今昔物語集》,以及江戶時代上田秋成的《雨月物語》等日本古典中,挑選描寫愛情、以及被愛情召喚而來的妖異之物(鬼、生靈、蛇、怨靈、神的聲音)的故事,每一話都是完整的獨立篇章。
取自《伊勢物語》的有:男子偷偷帶走身分高貴的女子、卻在倉庫中失去她的〈芥川〉;思念已成為遙不可及之人的戀人的〈月非昔月〉;以及丈夫回到等了三年的妻子身邊的〈梓弓〉。取自《源氏物語》的,則是六條御息所親手結束戀情的野宮之別,以及靈魂離體、折磨葵之上的〈葵〉。和泉式部的故事有兩則:與已故戀人之弟的戀情,以及貴船之神回贈和歌的傳說。
取自《雨月物語》的有:被白蛇化身真女兒所愛的豐雄的〈蛇性之婬〉;離家七年後歸來、發現妻子仍在家中等候的〈淺茅之宿〉;遭背叛的妻子化為怨靈的〈吉備津之釜〉。此外還有被欺騙的女子化為大蛇追趕僧人的道成寺故事(安珍與清姬)。每一話都依循原典的情節,並在解說文章中介紹和歌的意思、時代背景,以及漫畫改編之處。
故事大綱
第1話She Asked 'What's That?' He Never Answered — The Tales of Ise: Akutagawa
漫畫劇情Episode 1 of the series. After years of longing, a man runs off into the night carrying the woman he loves on his back. Along the way she keeps asking, "What's that?" He never answers her last question. When a thunderstorm hits, he hides her in an old storehouse and stands guard at the door until morning. At dawn, she is gone. This is a thousand-year-old story of an elopement, and of one question that went unanswered.
第2話She Chose to End It. Then He Showed Up. — The Tale of Genji: The Sacred Tree (Farewell at Nonomiya)
漫畫劇情Lady Rokujō has decided to end her love affair herself by leaving for distant Ise. Then, just before she goes, Genji comes to see her. Through a bamboo blind they trade poems and talk until dawn. After that night she doesn't answer his letters begging her to stay, and she leaves the capital without looking back.
第3話I Fell for My Dead Lover's Brother — The Izumi Shikibu Diary
漫畫劇情A year after losing the man she loved, Izumi Shikibu has shut herself away—until his younger brother, Prince Atsumichi, sends her a sprig of white orange blossoms. A reply in verse sparks a love that survives rumors and lonely nights, and leads to a carriage waiting for her on a snowy night. But in the shadows, someone else quietly leaves the house.
第4話I Lent Her My Umbrella. She Never Left. — The Lust of the White Serpent — Tales of Moonlight and Rain
漫畫劇情Episode 4 of the series. On a rainy day, a timid young man named Toyoo lends his old umbrella to Manago, a beautiful woman soaked to the skin. She loves him with all her heart, but she is not human. Toyoo keeps running from her, until someone dies because of him. Then he decides to end things with the one he loved, by his own hand.
第5話The Night I Remarried, My Husband Knocked — "The Catalpa Bow" from The Tales of Ise
漫畫劇情Her husband left for the capital, and for three years The Wife Who Waited kept waiting. Finally she promises to marry The Faithful Suitor, the man who stood by her the whole time. That night, someone knocks at her door. It's The Returning Husband, home at last.
第6話Every Night, I Dream of Striking a Woman — The Tale of Genji: "Aoi" (Lady Rokujō)
漫畫劇情Episode 6 of the series. On festival day, proud Lady Rokujō goes unnoticed by her lover Genji, then is publicly humiliated by his wife's retainers. That summer, one spirit refuses to leave Genji's wife, Lady Aoi, and every time Lady Rokujō sleeps, she has the same dream.
第7話Gone Seven Years. Her Lamp Still Burned. — Tales of Moonlight and Rain: \"The House Amid the Thickets\"
漫畫劇情A man leaves his wife, swearing he'll be home by autumn, and sets off for the capital to sell silk. One reason not to return piles on another until seven years have gone by. When he finally reaches his village, it's buried in grass, and only his house has a light in the window.
第8話One Night, She Was Suddenly Out of Reach — The Tales of Ise: "Is This Not the Moon?"
漫畫劇情Last plum season, a man visited her every night, until one night she was suddenly moved somewhere he could never reach. A year later, on the same plum-scented night, he steps into her room once more.
第9話42 Nights. Do Not Open the Door. — The Kibitsu Cauldron (Tales of Moonlight and Rain)
漫畫劇情Before the wedding, the shrine's sacred cauldron is struck for an omen, and it stays silent. Isora is deceived by her husband Shōtarō, and her devotion is trampled. For forty-two nights she waits outside the door where he hides.
第10話The Kind Lie That Turned Her Into a Serpent — Dōjōji: Anchin and Kiyohime
漫畫劇情A widow guarding her home alone falls for a young monk passing through. He sidesteps her feelings with a gentle lie: "I'll stop by on my way back." Then he takes another road home. After waiting and waiting, she becomes a great serpent, chases him down, and coils around a temple bell. In the end, prayer sets both of them free: the one who lied and the one who hated.
第11話He Stopped Writing. The Dark Wrote Back. — Izumi Shikibu: Fireflies at Kifune
漫畫劇情Izumi Shikibu, a poet still waiting for a lover who has stopped coming, leaves her waiting room one summer night and heads for a mountain stream in the hills north of the capital. Seeing her own soul in the fireflies that fill the dark, she composes a poem, and from deep in the darkness a voice answers. This is the story of a thousand-year-old love poem and a reply whose sender no one knows.