Phase of the Japanese Translation in "Dictionarium Latino Lusitanicum, ac Iaponicum"(1595)

• Project/Area Number: 24720209
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Japanese linguistics
• Research Institution: Kyoto Prefectural University
• Principal Investigator: KISHIMOTO Emi 京都府立大学, 文学部, 准教授 (50324877)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: キリシタン / 辞書 / 語彙 / 国語学 / 日本語史 / ポルトガル語 / 南蛮通事 / 羅葡日辞書 / 日葡辞書 / 翻訳 / 位相

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A number of differences are noted when the “Dictionarium Latino Lusnitanicum, ac Iaponicum”(1595) is compared to the “Vocabulario da lingoa de Iapam”(1603-04), both of which were compiled by the Jesuits in Japan. Specifically, certain words are defined differently, such as those related to the internal organs, and several dialect-specific words that the Vocabulario advises against using are used in the Dictionarium. When the Chinese character dictionary “Racuyoxu”(1598) is also considered, there are discrepancies among the three in the readings of several Japanese words. This provides evidence, not only of variation within Japanese, but also that the dictionaries were compiled separately.
Another Japanese-Portuguese dictionary, the “Nanshi-shukai”, includes colloquial and dialectal Japanese and pidgin-Portuguese. Although this was apparently compiled in the same period and location as the above Jesuit dictionaries, it reflects a different phase of Japanese and Portuguese.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 日葡辞書の優劣注記を通して見た羅葡日辞書の日本語訳 (2015)
  • Author(s): 岸本 恵実
  • Journal Title: 国語国文 Volume: 84巻5号
  • Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] キリシタン版羅葡日辞書の方言語彙 (2012)
  • Author(s): 岸本恵実
  • Journal Title: 和漢語文研究 Volume: 10 Pages: 1-15
  • NAID: 40019532728
• [Presentation] Representation of the pronunciation of Japanese words in "Racuyoxu"(1598) and "Vocabulario da lingoa de Iapam"(1603-04) (2015)
  • Author(s): Kishimoto Emi
  • Organizer: The 9th International Conference of ASIALEX
  • Place of Presentation: 香港（中国）
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-25 – 2015-06-27
• [Presentation] 羅葡日辞書から日葡辞書へ―きりしたん版辞書にみるイエズス会の日本語語彙研究― (2014)
  • Author(s): 岸本 恵実
  • Organizer: 天理きりしたんワークショップ
  • Place of Presentation: 天理大学（奈良県・天理市）
  • Year and Date: 2014-10-11 – 2014-10-12
• [Presentation] Examining "Nanshi-shukai", the manuscript of a Japanese-Portuguese dictionary, to clarify its characters and differences with the "Vocabulario da lingoa de Iapam" (2014)
  • Author(s): Kishimoto Emi
  • Organizer: 13th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences（ICHoLS XIII）
  • Place of Presentation: ヴィラ・レアル（ポルトガル）
  • Year and Date: 2014-08-25 – 2014-08-29
• [Presentation] Who compiled Japanese-Portuguese/Portuguese-Japanese dictionaries in the 16–17th centuries in Japan? (2013)
  • Author(s): Kishimoto, Emi
  • Organizer: The 19th Biennial Meeting of the Dictionary Society of North America
  • Place of Presentation: University of Georgia, Athens, U.S.A.
• [Presentation] Two Latin dictionaries compiled by the Jesuits in Japan: "Dictionarium Latino Lusitanicum, ac Iaponicum" and "Vocabulario Lusitanico Latino"
  • Author(s): Kishimoto, Emi
  • Organizer: 6. International Conference on Historical Lexicography and Lexicology(第六回歴史辞書学語彙論国際会議)
  • Place of Presentation: Friedrich Schiller University of Jena（ドイツ）
• [Presentation] How did the Jesuits Translate Ancient Roman Mythology into Japanese? The Intersection of Three Cultures in "Dictionarium Latino Lusitanicum, ac Iaponicum"
  • Author(s): Kishimoto, Emi
  • Organizer: 国際シンポジウム「Early Modern Japan in European Archives（ヨーロッパ文書館から描く近世日本）」
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学人文科学研究所本館
  • Invited
• [Book] Whilom Worlds of Words; Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Historical Lexicography and Lexicology (Jena, 25-27 July 2012) (2014)
  • Author(s): Bock Bettina, Kozianka Maria, Kishimoto Emi, etc.
  • Total Pages: 336
  • Publisher: Verlag Dr. Kovac
• [Book] Missionary Linguistics V: Translation theories and practices (2014)
  • Author(s): Zimmerman, Klaus, Zwartjes, OttoZimmerman, Klaus, Zwartjes, Otto, Schrader-Kniffki, Martina, Kishimoto, Emi
  • Total Pages: 358
  • Publisher: John Benjamins
• [Book] キリシタンと出版 (2013)
  • Author(s): 豊島正之、岸本恵実、岡美穂子、高瀬弘一郎、鳥津亮二、小秋元段、林進、折井善果、東馬場郁生、白井純、カルロス・アスンサン、エリザ・アツコ・タシロ－ペレス、川口敦子、原田裕司、高祖敏明、八木壮一、丸山徹
  • Total Pages: 370
  • Publisher: 八木書店
• [Remarks] 国語国文84巻5号
  • URL: http://www.rinsen.com/linkbooks/ISBN978-4-653-04269-3.htm
• [Remarks] Whilom Worlds of Words
  • URL: http://www.verlagdrkovac.de/978-3-8300-7774-9.htm
• [Remarks] ICHoLS XIII
  • URL: http://ichols-xiii.realvitur.pt/
• [Remarks] The 9th International Conference of ASIALEX
  • URL: http://asialex2015.engl.polyu.edu.hk/
• [Remarks] 2013 DSNA Meeting
  • URL: http://www.dictionarysociety.com/2013-dsna-meeting/
• [Remarks] キリシタンと出版 出版詳細情報
  • URL: http://www.books-yagi.co.jp/pub/cgi-bin/newbooks.cgi?cmd=d&kn=20&ks=978-4-8406-2207-3
• [Remarks] Missionary Linguistics V
  • URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/sihols.122
• [Remarks] 第六回歴史辞書学語彙論国際会議(ICHLL)
  • URL: http://www.saw-leipzig.de/news/ichll?set_language=en
• [Remarks] 国際シンポジウム「ヨーロッパ文書館から描く近世日本」
  • URL: http://www.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/zinbun/symposium/earlymodernjapan.htm