Comprehensive Study on Waka of Japanese Deities and Buddha

2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02226
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: Seikei University
• Principal Investigator: HIRANO Tae 成蹊大学, 文学部, 教授 (60412996)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2021-03-31
• Keywords: 和歌 / おみくじ / 歌占 / 神詠 / 託宣 / 神祇歌 / 釈教歌 / 勅撰和歌集

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The three main results are as follows.
① I analyzed the characteristics of shakyo-ka and jingi-ka in the Imperial Waka Anthology. It became clear that the inclusion and arrangement of shakyo-ka and shingyo-ka reflect the intentions of the emperor who ordered the compilation of the Imperial Waka Anthology, as well as his beliefs and relationships with shrines and temples.②An analysis of the relationship between the monk Myoe and his dreams and waka poetry. ③I surveyed Waka divination books from the Muromachi period to the Edo period, and clarified their genealogy and characteristics. ④I focused on Omikuji based on waka poems, and investigated　Waka Divination books since the Edo period and waka Omikuji woodblocks kept at shrines in various regions. In addition, we examined the relationship and differences between waka Omikuji and Chinese poem Omikuji, and classified waka features on Omikuji and Waka Divination books from the Edo period to the Meiji period and up to the present day.

Free Research Field

日本文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

古典和歌の研究は従来、貴族を中心とする王朝和歌に関するものが主流であった。本研究はそのような中で、和歌の起源の伝承とかかわる神の歌に注目し、そこから神仏と和歌の関係性にアプローチした。神仏と和歌との関連は、現代でもおみくじの中に名残をとどめており、その点から現代とも関わる魅力的なテーマである。神や仏と和歌の関わりを明らかにすることは、聖なる存在と和歌、そして人がどう関わったかに迫るものとして意義がある。