Encho's colors in ghost story descriptions

The use of colors in an artistic output is a peculiar aspect of each author, but also of the culture to which the author belongs. The language related to colors, as well as the choice of colors in itself, reveals many interesting elements about a culture. Since the famous study on colors by J.W. Goethe, at the beginning of XIX century, it has been created a sort of link between literature and science that has brought forth many theoretical reflections. The article focuses on ghost stories created by Sanyūtei Enchō, trying to observe the differences between Enchō and the previous ghost repertory. approach is essentially philological, analysing words, verbs, adverbs used in the description of scenes where the confusion between reality and the imaginary is a narrative device.

Il saggio analizza il linguaggio dei colori utilizzato da Sanyutei Encho nel suo principale racconto di fantasmi Botandoro.