本論文以川端康成的《山之音》《湖》《睡美人》《蒲公英》為切入視點，考察川端康成老人文學中老年的生(性)。 本論之中心課題乃以川端處女作的《十六歲的日記》(1918)為首，歷經《伊豆的舞孃》《雪國》《千羽鶴》《睡美人》等名作，到未完成的遺作《蒲公英》(1968)為止，考察川端在作品世界究竟是以何種形式，將透過末期之眼所映照出之逸脫的自然來具體呈現、使其達成變化。 本論文由六個章節所組成，第一章闡述研究動機、研究方法，第二章著眼於四部作品中具體呈現的魔界空間性、脫離現實之程度、魔界之異空間及置身其中 之老人間的關係性，並嘗試分析各個相異的特徵。第三章則探討自覺到衰老之老人自我意識，與凝視老人之衰老的他者視線兩者間如何產生交疊與共鳴。第四章則是剖析老人在非日常性的魔界空間中，藉由各種聲音表現來對抗面對死亡的恐懼，並以此作為對冥界的線索，進而跨越、試圖達成生命回復之身影。在第五章則論述老年的情慾感覺如何捕捉與老人有性關係的女性身體並掌握其表徵，再根據西格蒙德‧佛洛伊德的《性理論三篇》、《夢之解析》來闡述老人之擬似性行為與夢的意涵。 / This dissertation is viewed from the works of Yasunari Kawabata─ "Yama no Oto", "Mitsuumi", "Nemunerubizyo" and "Tanpopo" to discuss the elderly’s spirit(Sexuality) in the Elder Literature. The topic begins with the maiden work of Kawabata─ "Zyuurossai no Nikki"(1918)and goes through his other famous works─ "Izu no Odoriko", "Yukiguni", "Yama no Oto", "Senbaturu", "Nemunerubizyo", and the unfinished work─ "Tanpopo"(1968).This dissertation discusses the manner the author uses in the works’ situation to show and achieve the transcendence which is reflected by “the eye of dying”. The dissertation is composed of six chapters. The first chapter illustrates the motivation, and the methodology. The second chapter focuses on the spatiality in the Makai, the extent of distance from reality, the relationship between the elders and the Makai where they are situated. The differences among the preceding points would also be analyzed. Chapter three points out the self-identity of the elders who are aware of their aging, and shows the overlap and consonance happen between the elders and the onlookers who are observing the aging process. Chapter four would explore how the author manipulates the sound to present the confrontation of fear in death when the elders are in the unusual space of Makai, and how they take the sound for the clues of hell, trying to transcend and achieve the rebirth. In chapter five, the discussion is on the features of how the elders use the erotic affections to attract women who have sexual relations with them and grasp the features of the women’s body. Meanwhile, the theories of Sigmund Freud- "Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality" and "The Interpretation of Dreams" are used to illustrate the connotation of the elder’s dream and their mock sexual behavior.