Reorganization of the Critical History of Medieval Japanese Poetry: Reception and Transformation of Fujiwara Teika's Poetics.

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K00305
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02010:Japanese literature-related
• Research Institution: Rissho University
• Principal Investigator: Watanabe Yumiko 立正大学, 文学部, 教授 (30713078)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 藤原定家 / 歌論書 / 偽書 / 毎月抄 / 書簡体

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to determine the date of establishment of the Maigetsusho which has been considered to be written by Fujiwara no Teika, to localise it as a pseudograph, and to clarify the historical development of the reception and transformation of Teika's poetry theory.In FY 2019, I was able to make good progress in the investigation of the biographies of the Maigetsusho , but were then severely limited due to the Corona disaster. However, in FY2020, I published some of the results of the biographical survey, and in FY2021 I gave an oral presentation at an international conference ; in FY2022, we completed two papers on its contents (both published in FY2023). In FY2022, I also deepened my examination of the formation and development of the forgery through research into the issues surrounding the Maigetsusho.

Free Research Field

日本古典文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、藤原定家の歌論書として享受されてきた『毎月抄』を主たる研究対象とした。『毎月抄』は近代以降、偽書か否かの論争があったが、本研究では偽書として明確に位置づけた。まず、伝本調査の結果などから、成立年代が14世紀初頭であることを明らかにし、書簡体というスタイルと「読者」に着目して、俊成や定家の他の歌論書と比較検討を行ない、中世近世を通して広く享受され続けたか理由を探った。定家の後代への影響は和歌史にとどまらず、文化史にも及ぶ。本研究をとおして定家仮託偽書の生成と享受の問題の一端を明らかにしたことで、日本文化の基層の理解の深化に寄与することができたと考える。