미야자와 겐지 동화에 나타난 아동관

Abstract

In this study, Perspective on Children in Miyazawa Kenji’s works was examined with a focus on the fairy tale Suisen zukino yokka.
 In Miyazawa Kenji’s works, children appear in various shapes, and the younger they are, the closer they are to nature, and they are portrayed as beings who can communicate with nature and share emotions.
 In Suisen zukino yokka, the ‘Snow Child’ belonging to the ‘world of heaven’ and the ‘world of death’ and the ‘Child’ belonging to the ‘human world’ must obey the world order to which they belong, respectively. It is portrayed as a pure and innocent being. They belong to different worlds and live in conformity with order, but through the mistletoe branches, ‘Snow Child’ and ‘Child’ are connected and interact in the realm of life and death.
 Tatsuo Tsuzukihashi, who discussed the children’s view of Miyazawa Kenji’s fairy tale, said, “It was unnecessary for Genji to idealize and make ‘children’s hearts absolute. Because the ideal has already appeared in the Lotus Sutra, children (humans) can just look at it and move on.”
 Rather, it can be said that the ‘child’ in the Miyazawa Kenji’s fairy tale is being ‘idealized and absolute’ in that it is portrayed as an absolutely ‘innocent’ and ‘powerless’ existence. The child is so helpless that he only wants to be saved. The clear and transparent cry of a child comes from Genji himself, and can it be said that the seeker Genji himself is.