Ariake no Wakare

Ariake no Wakare (有明の別れ) is a Japanese (romantic tale).

Authorship and date
Very little is known about either the date of composition or author of. refers to the work as a "contemporary work" (今の世の物語), 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
was highly regarded by thirteenth-century court audiences.