Extant Manuscript Research on Baika Mujinzou by Banri Shuuku

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K02369
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: Kumamoto University
• Principal Investigator: NAKAO KENICHIRO 熊本大学, 大学院人文社会科学研究部(文), 教授 (30511662)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 梅花無尽蔵

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Banri Shuuku, a monk of the late Muromachi period who reverted to secular life, is known for annotating the Tang poetry anthology, “Santaishi,” as well as poems by Su Shi and Huang Tingjian of the Northern dynasty. His poetry collection, “Baika Mujinzou,” includes numerous travel poems, and is significant not only from the aspect of literature but also as a historical material. Nonetheless, neither had it been printed until the publication of the Gunshoruiju nor had its multiple copies been sufficiently studied.
This research focused on a seven-volume work that had barely been examined in previous research and attempted to clarify the lineage of the extant manuscript. The research also considered the relationship between “Baika Mujinzou” and Edo period academia, and was able to obtain results in the field of reception history research, such as designating copies based on the “Edo Meisho Zue.”

Free Research Field

日本漢文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、旧鈔本を手がかりとしながら『梅花無尽蔵』諸本を調査し、七巻本の系統を明らかにした。多くの新たな知見を得たが、特に現存する最古の七巻本である杏雨書屋蔵本、二番目に古い蓬左文庫蔵本、およびこれと同じ系統に属する松ヶ岡文庫蔵本に関する研究は、斯界への貢献が大きなものである。また、『梅花無尽蔵』が一部の蒐集家に死蔵されていたわけではなく、江戸の地誌の成立に寄与したものがあったことを明らかにした。就中、榊原芳野旧蔵『梅花無尽蔵』が『江戸名所図会』の編纂に用いられたこと、塙保己一旧蔵『梅花無尽蔵』が勝海舟の有に帰し、『府城沿革』の編纂に用いられたことは、従来指摘がなかったことに属する。