@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:02002399,
 author = {佐々木, 裕子 and SASAKI, Yuko},
 journal = {JunCture : 超域的日本文化研究},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {This paper examines a passionate female relationship that develops in the semi-autobiographical novel Maboroshi no Akai Mi (The Illusional Red Fruit) written by Ishii Momoko in 1994, a distinguished author and translator of children’s literature. The story unfolds with two characters in its center; Akiko, modeled after Ishii herself, and Fukiko, based on Ori Fumiko who died at 33 in 1938. It depicts an intimate female friendship that defies simple definitions elicited from dichotomic concepts such as friend/lover and body/spirit. Though the beauty and passion elaborated in the story has been highly acclaimed by critics and novelists, the specificity and essence of their relationship has scarcely been analyzed from a perspective that feminism and Lesbian Studies offer. Their intimate relationship is not defined by any elements conventionally associated with sex. Instead, however irrelevant they seem to sex and love, their resonance is ascertained by sensuality experienced through daily fragments such as meals and clothes. This paper explores the process of mutual confirmations of their preferences and feelings that harness their affectionate tie. Even Akiko’s marriage does not hinder their relationship. In sharp contrast with all the scenes in which Akiko and Fumiko both appear, Akiko, who now lives in an utterly heterosexual culture, finds food tasteless and chores around the kitchen prosaic and obligating. Meanwhile, Fukiko becomes sicker and finally admits herself to a hospital. Her persistent requests to Akiko to bring her favorite food and clothes offer Akiko an opportunity to prove that it is only she who truly knows her friend’s likes and dislikes and that she is still loyal to their agreed-upon way to enjoy their lives. This female-female relationship is devoid of sexual activities, yet deeply physical. Their sensuality is built on affinity and harmony, which introduces these female characters to intimacy that no one, including themselves, has ever known.},
 pages = {122--137},
 title = {「レズビアンとか何かとは違って」 : 石井桃子『幻の朱い実』における女どうしの非性的で身体的な関係性について},
 volume = {13},
 year = {2022}
}