Late Edo Period Haikai Poetry and Local Culture

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K02435
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: Seisen University.
• Principal Investigator: OISHI(KANATA) Fusako (金田房子) 清泉女子大学, 付置研究所, 客員所員 (80746462)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 玉城 司 清泉女子大学, 付置研究所, 客員所員 (20410441)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 鳳朗（対竹・鶯笠） / 一茶 / 近世後期俳諧 / 地域文化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the late Edo period, haikai poetry played an important role in extensive communities, but they were not highly rated and analyses of works have not been conducted. In this study, we focused on two professional haikai masters: Horo, one of the three great poets of the Tempo era (1834-44), and Issa, as well as their interaction with haiku poets from local areas. Our research methods centered on a thorough investigation of materials such as haikai poetry books, letters and poetry drafts, and we scrutinized these resources in an effort to grasp the specific aspects of haikai poetry from the period. As a result, we began to learn more about the life of Horo, his interactions with Issa or his disciples, and other details as well as the extraordinary zeal for haikai poetry of local cultural figures. In addition, we reprinted Horo’s poetry collection and travelogue, reevaluated several haikai works from the late Edo period and published collection of papers with all the results from them.

Free Research Field

日本近世俳諧

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

近世後期は俳諧が浸透し人々の生活に密接に関わった時代であったが、文学的には低調な「月並」調と切り捨てられ研究の空白期となっていた。地域文化に大きな役割を果たした俳諧の活発な営みと特色を、高崎の一彡（神官）・魚沼の二川（富農）らに関わる豊富な資料を読み込み紹介した。また彼らを指導した職業俳諧師・鳳朗について、年譜の作成・句集や紀行文の翻刻紹介を通して作品の特質を考察、門人指導のあり方や一茶との交流を具体的に明らかにした。
以上の成果は順次紀要等に発表するとともに一般にも手に取りやすい選書の形で、金田・玉城共編『鳳朗と一茶、その時代－近世後期俳諧と地域文化－』(新典社選書100）として刊行した。