Research on Itsukushima Shrine during the transition period from the Middle Ages to the early modern period

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K13340
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 03020:Japanese history-related
• Research Institution: Prefectural University of Hiroshima
• Principal Investigator: Ohchi Tokuko 県立広島大学, 公私立大学の部局等(広島キャンパス), 講師 (50549243)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 厳島神社 / 大願寺 / 宮島

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, we will conduct a follow-up survey and create a catalog of medieval documents that have not been included in Hiroshima Prefectural History Ancient Medieval Materials Volume II and III, including the Nosaka Documents and Daiganji Documents, which have been handed down to Itsukushima. The aim was to understand the full picture. Many new medieval documents were discovered among the "Nosaka Documents" and "Daiganji Documents," and we were able to obtain permission from the owners to reprint 21 "Nosaka Documents" and 19 "Daiganji Documents" with explanations. The results were compiled into a research results report and published at the end of March 2020. More than 40 years have passed since ``Hiroshima Prefectural History: Ancient Medieval Materials'' III was published in 1978, and now we have been able to introduce all the documents related to Itsukushima.

Free Research Field

日本史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

厳島に伝来する膨大な中世文書は、昭和50年代に刊行された『広島県史 古代中世資料編』Ⅱ・Ⅲ（「厳島文書編」１・２。以下、『広島県史』と略す）において活字化されている。戦後行われた嚴島神社を中心とする中世史研究の多くは、この『広島県史』に収録されている古文書に依拠している。本研究では「野坂文書」と「大願寺文書」の追跡調査をおこない、最終年度に報告書を作成して『広島県史』未収録の「野坂文書」21点、「大願寺文書」19点を紹介した。これにより、昭和53年（1978）に『広島県史 古代中世資料編』Ⅲが刊行されてから40年以上を経て厳島関係文書をまとめて紹介することができた。