Study on the acceptance of Fudoki and the consciousness to local areas in the early modern and modern times

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02212
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: Chiba University
• Principal Investigator: KANEOKA RIE 千葉大学, 大学院人文科学研究院, 准教授 (70453735)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 風土記 / 享受 / 近世 / 近代 / 郷土意識

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Fudoki is the oldest geography which was compiled in the Nara period.In this study, I researched how Fudoki was accepted and studied and how the interest in Fudoki related to the consciousness to the local area in the early modern and modern times,
As a result, I clarified the study of Fudoki by scholars in the Edo period (Keichu, Imai Jikan, Tanimori Yoshiomi) , and pointed out when the method of the study of Japanese literature was established in the early days of the Meiji era,most scholars found no literary value to Fudoki, on the other hand, Haga Yaichi,who was the scholar of Japanese literature,was interested in Fudoki from the point of view of local legend and folk tales.His interest was linked to the establishment of folklore in Japan. In addition,I evaluated the relationship between "local love" and the interest in Fudoki during war in the early days of the Showa era.

Free Research Field

日本文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

これまでの風土記研究は、各国風土記ごとの注釈・解釈にとどまり、風土記研究の全体像を研究「史」として検証したものは皆無であった。それに対し本研究は、それらの「点」と「点」を「線」に繋ぎ、風土記研究を立体的に浮かび上がらせたものである。また近代日本における郷土意識の研究は、歴史学を中心に行われてきたものの、風土記研究の視座からはほとんど見られなかった。
特に2011年の東日本大震災以降、地域の絆や郷土資料の保存の必要性が強く叫ばれる昨今、風土記の享受史を通じて、「風土」「郷土」とは何か、という課題に一つの答えを導き出す本研究は、きわめて今日的かつ意義あるものである。