芥川是一位對作品中的故事人物、時間、舞台、甚至小道具等所有細節都費心安排的作家，總是刻意藉由命名或不命名的方式有意識地描繪每一個故事舞台以更貼切地表達每個小說作品的主題。芥川描繪的空間並非只是單純抽象概念的空間，而是融入了芥川所賦予獨特意義的經驗空間，並使之作為表現芥川心象情感的敘事空間。芥川筆下的〈庭院〉彷彿是一個凝住時間的空間，在次男拆拆蓋蓋的過程中，其實正同時經驗了時間感與空間感，在庭院中時間被空間化，但讀者的我們只能看到拆了又蓋的建築物，卻看不到也摸不到流逝的時間。 關於〈庭院〉的文獻探討，長期以來一直著重於中村家的男性在庭院這一空間中所經歷的奮鬥與衰退，與此同時，中村家的女性則只是被遺忘在庭院的角落。緣此，本稿將聚焦於那些長期深居在庭院深處未受重視的女性，探索她們如何在男性衰敗的困境中依舊悄然地綻放光彩，並成為文化傳承的吟唱者，期能重新探討女性在文化傳承中的角色，以及小說〈庭院〉中被賦予的深層意涵。

Akutagawa Ryūnosuke is a writer known for his meticulous construction of narrative elements, including characters, time, setting, and even props. By consciously describing the spatial settings of his works, he attempts to express each story’s theme more effectively—either through named or unnamed techniques. The spaces Akutagawa depicts are not abstract concepts, but rather “experienced spaces” imbued with unique meaning by the author himself, functioning as representations of his inner world within the narrative. In the short story ‘The Garden’, the depicted space functions as one in which the flow of time appears to be suspended. During the repeated process of the younger son demolishing and rebuilding the house, time and space are simultaneously experienced. However, what the reader perceives is only the cycle of demolition and reconstruction—the passage of time itself remains intangible both visually and physically. Previous studies on ‘The Garden’ have tended to focus on the struggles and decline experienced by the Nakamura family’s male members within this space. In contrast, the women of the Nakamura household are often relegated to the margins of the garden and treated as forgotten presences. This paper shifts the focus to those women—who have long remained in the depths of the garden yet gone unacknowledged—and explores how, amid the decline of the men, they quietly radiate a unique brilliance and come to bear the role of cultural inheritors. By doing so, this study aims to reconsider the role of women in cultural transmission and illuminate the deeper meanings embedded within the narrative space of The Garden.

芥川龍之介; 庭院; 中村家; 女性; 西化

Akutagawa Ryunosuke; The Garden; Nakamura Family; Women; Westernization