Ariake no Wakare (有明の別れ) is a Japanese tsukuri-monogatari (romantic tale).[1]
Very little is known about either the date of composition or author of Ariake no Wakare.[2] 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.[2] This means it may date from either the end of the Heian period or the beginning of the Kamakura period.[2]
Ariake no Wakare was highly regarded by thirteenth-century court audiences.[2]