General researches on Kojou-zoroe

• Project/Area Number: 25370209
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: NAGASHIMA HIROAKI 東京大学, 人文社会系研究科, 教授 (00138182)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
• Keywords: 古状揃 / 歴史文学 / 往来物 / 歴史小説

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Kojou-zoroe, the collection of old letters, published in the Edo era, was examined from various viewpoints, and the following new knowledge was acquired.
Kojou-zoroe was not only a textbook of the calligraphy, the textbook of literary expressions, but also a book important at all which tempted young students of the Edo era into the history and history literature. Kojou-zoroe was the literal text which people of the Edo era see first and is not exaggeration even if I say that it was a literature primer.