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1999 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Nushu-Chinese Women's Script-and Its Present Situation

Research Project

Project/Area Number 09041031
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B).

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 中国語・中国文学
Research InstitutionBunkyo University

Principal Investigator

ENDO Orie  Bunkyo Univ. Faculty of Language and Literature, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (10203663)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 陳 力衛  目白学園短期大学, 講師 (60269470)
SAKURAI Takashi  Meikai Univ., Facultv of Languasges, Associate Professor, 外国語学部, 助教授 (60255031)
劉 頴  成城大学, 文芸学部, 講師
CHEN Li-wei  Mejiro University, Women'college, Assistant Professor
LIU Ying  Seijyo Univ., Faculty of Arts and Literature
Project Period (FY) 1997 – 1999
KeywordsHunan Province / Jiang Yong Prefecture / Nushu / Women's Script / Yang Huan-yi / He Yan-xin / He Jing-hua / San Chao Shu
Research Abstract

This is a report of how much "women's characters" -Endo calls it Onna Moji 'Women's Script' whereas it is generally called 'Nushen in that area-are still alive in existence in Human Province of China.
The field work was conducted six times between April of 1997 and March of 2000. We confirmed that there are three transmitters of Women's Script. By 1997, only two transmitters were found, Ms. Yan Huan-yi (born in 1909) and Ms. He Yan-xin (born in 1940), but in 1998 we located a third transmitter, Ms He Jing-hua (born in 1940). Ms. He Jin-huna managed to restore the ability of writing Women's Script in 1998 after studying on her own, which was motivated by her involvement in Endo's fieldwork in 1997. Our investigation made it possible that an informant has become a transmitter.
We came to a conclusion that there are only three transmitters mentioned above after three years of our fieldwork where we investigated more than 100 villages.
However, we confirmed that there are a few original documents such as San chao shun. We also found out that one of the transmitters, Ms. He Yan-xin, received an education in Kanji 'Chinese character' until junior high school, therefore, was influenced by it. Moreover, women in that area had high technology in such areas as embroidery, textile fabrics, and cloth shoes. It became clear that these dexterous manual work has a close relationship to the creation of Women's Script and its transmission.

  • Research Products

    (14 results)

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All Publications (14 results)

  • [Publications] 遠藤織枝: "96夏、97春中国女文字調査報告"文教大学文学部紀要. 11-1. 128-157 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 遠藤織枝: "中国女文字とその魅力"ユリイカ. 30-6. 77-85 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 遠藤織枝: "'98中国女文字研究報告"ことば. 19号. 92-105 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 遠藤織枝: "'98中国女文字調査研究報告"文教大学文学部紀要. 12-2. 23-38 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 遠藤織枝: "'99中国女文字調査報告"ことば. 20号. 236-241 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 遠藤織枝: "'99中国女文字調査研究報告"文教大学文学部紀要. 13-2. 147-164 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] Endo Orie: "Report on Women's Script in China: Summer 1996 & Spring 1997"Bulletin of The Faculty of Language and Literature. 11-1. 128-157 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Endo Orie: "Why Chinese Women's Script Appeals to Me?"Eureka. 30-6. 77-85 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Endo Orie: "Report on Women's Script in China '98"KOTOBA (The Lauguages). 19. 62-105 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Endo Orie: "Nushu, Women's Script, Report on '98"Bulletin of The Faculty of Language and Literature. 12-2. 23-38 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Endo Orie: "Report on Women's Script in China '99"KOTOBA (The Languages). 20. 236-241 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Endo Orie: "Nushu, Women's Script, Report on '99"Bulletin of The Faculty of Language and Literature. 13-2. 147-164 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Endo Orie: "Nushu-- A Women's Writing System from Hunan, China Conference in Europian Assosiation for Japanese Studies,"at BudaPest. (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Endo Orie: "Nushu -- An Endangered System of Women's Writing from Hunan, China Conference in Assosiation for Asian Studies ,"at Boston. (1999)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2001-10-23  

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