A Study of the Preface and Record of Waka in the Heian Period

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16H07124
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: Osaka City University
• Principal Investigator: YAMAMOTO Mayuko 大阪市立大学, 大学院文学研究科, 講師 (00784901)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-08-26 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 和歌序 / 歌合日記 / 源順 / 源道済 / 大堰川 / 前栽歌合 / 野宮 / 河原院

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, I focused on preface（序） and record（記）, which is a work written in prose about the situation of Waka(和歌） production in Heian period. The preface and the record have different styles, and both Kanbun(漢文）and Kana（仮名） sentences remain.
I first gathered and organized the preface and the record created at the same time. Then I interpreted the preface and the record based on the expression of both Chinese literature and Japanese literature. Also, based on the interpretation, I urged reconsideration of the previous theory about the holding year and taste of the banquet. In addition, I examined the nature of the expression and the meaning in Waka history about the preface produced by individual authors and poet groups. Based on the above consideration, this research clarified a part of the meaning of the preface and the record in the Heian literature, and revealed the situation of Waka production in accordance with the actual situation.

Free Research Field

日本文学