@article{oai:jcsw.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000359,
 author = {Ono, Robert},
 journal = {Journal of social policy and social work},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {This paper demonstrates several patterns of how the Japanese have depicted their senior citizens in works of literature, especially during the Heian and Kamakura periods. By looking at the original variants of the ubasute legend as they appear in works such as Kokin Wakashu and Yamato Monogatari, we learn that the factor of abandoning one’s parent due to extreme poverty was nonexistent in the beginning, but was added much later, for example in a short story Narayamabushi-kō by Fukazawa Shichirō. On the other hand, if we take a look at literary genres such as rekishi monogatari and mugen-noh, it becomes quite clear that the old was treated more commonly as omniscient, even mystical people, who possess rich experience and knowledge that younger people could only dream of. By understanding such cultural context concerning the treatment of the old, it could be hoped that Japanese policy makers and workers in the field of medicine and social welfare could come up with a more encouraging ways to treat the phenomenon of aging, so as to embrace the aging society in a more constructive manner.},
 pages = {19--27},
 title = {The Old in Old Japan: The Imagery of the Aged as Seen in Classical Literature},
 volume = {19},
 year = {2015}
}