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{{Short description|Japanese collection of short stories}}
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{{Nihongo|'''''Tsutsumi Chūnagon Monogatari'''''|堤中納言物語||extra="Tales of the Riverside Middle Counselor"}} is a post late-[[Heian period]] [[Japan]]ese collection of [[Short story|short stories]].

==Authorship==
With the exception of one story, the authorship is unknown. It is likely each story was written by different authors at various times and later collected together into a single text.

''Ōsaka Koenu Gonchūnagon'' is known to have been composed in 1055 by Lady Koshikibu. This is confirmed in volume 8 of {{Nihongo|''Rokujō Saiin Utaawase''|六条斎院歌合|}} which includes one of the poems from this story.

In addition, poems from ''Hanazakura Oru Shōshō'', ''Hodohodo no Kesō'', ''Kaiawase'', and ''Haizumi'' are included in the 1271 ''[[Fūyō Wakashū]]'' indicating an upper bound for these stories.

Tradition states that [[Fujiwara no Tameuji]] (1222–1286) and [[Fujiwara no Tamesuke]] (1263–1328) created copies of the manuscripts also indicating completion of the text by the 13th century.

==Contents==
The meaning of the title is unknown. There are two main theories:
*It is a reflection of the various stories (''monogatari'') bound (''tsutsumi'') together into a single collection.
*It is a reference to [[Fujiwara no Kanesuke]], who was known as the Riverside Middle Counselor due to his residence near the [[Kamo River]].

The text contains ten short stories:
*{{Nihongo|''Hanazakura Oru Shōshō''|花桜折る少将|}}
*{{Nihongo|''Kono Tsuide''|このつゐで|}}
*{{Nihongo|''[[The Lady who Loved Insects]]''|虫めづる姫君|Mushi-mezuru Himegimi}}
*{{Nihongo|''Hodohodo no Kesō''|ほどほどの懸想|}}
*{{Nihongo|''Ōsaka Koenu Gonchūnagon''|逢坂越えぬ権中納言|}}
*{{Nihongo|''Kaiawase''|貝あはせ|}}
*{{Nihongo|''Omowanu Kata ni Tomari suru Shōshō''|思はぬ方にとまりする少将|}}
*{{Nihongo|''Hanada no Nyōgo''|はなだの女御|}}
*{{Nihongo|''Haizumi''|はいずみ|}}
*{{Nihongo|''Yoshinashigoto''|よしなしごと|}}
* There is also an incomplete fragment at the end. It is untitled, but is known by its first few words as {{Nihongo|''Fuyugomoru''|冬ごもる|}}.

==Manuscripts==
There are approximately 60 existing manuscripts, but the original no longer exists. Each manuscript has difficult to read passages and the text as a whole needs to be supplemented by comparison with other manuscripts.

==References==
* {{NKBJ}}
* {{cite book
  | last = Matsuo
  | first = Satoshi
  |author2=Naohiko Teramoto
   | title = Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei: Ochikubo Monogatari, Tsutsumi Chūnagon Monogatari
  | publisher = [[Iwanami Shoten Publishing|Iwanami Shoten]]
  | year = 1957
  | language = Japanese
  | isbn = 4-00-060013-3 
  }}
* {{NKBD}}
* {{cite book
  | last = Ōtsuki
  | first = Osamu |author2=Gen'e Imai |author3=Sumiaki Morishita |author4=Masao Karashima
  | title = Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei: Tsutsumi Chūnagon Monogatari, Torikaebaya Monogatari
  | publisher = [[Iwanami Shoten Publishing|Iwanami Shoten]]
  | year = 1992
  | language = Japanese
  | isbn = 4-00-240026-3
  }}

==External links==
*[http://edb.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/exhibit/nk0/image/nk0hf/fram13.html Kyōto University manuscript]

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