title: Ariake no Wakare
text: # Ariake no Wakare
  
  Ariake no Wakare (有明の別れ) is a Japanese tsukuri-monogatari (romantic tale).
  
  ## Authorship and date
  
  Very little is known about either the date of composition or author of Ariake no Wakare. Mumyōzōshi refers to the work as a "contemporary work" (今の世の物語, ima no yo no monogatari), implying it entered circulation not long before that work's compilation in 1200. This means it may date from either the end of the Heian period or the beginning of the Kamakura period.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Ariake no Wakare was highly regarded by thirteenth-century court audiences.
  
  