The study of Poetry Reading in the Middle Ages

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K20812
• Project/Area Number (Other): 18H05606 (2018)
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund (2019); Single-year Grants (2018)
• Review Section: 0102:Literature, linguistics, and related fields
• Research Institution: Toyo University
• Principal Investigator: IMAI YUKO (高柳祐子) 東洋大学, 文学部, 准教授 (60821973)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-08-24 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 公宴御会 / 懐紙 / 短冊 / 歌会

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research is to approach the actual situation of “kou-en waka-kai” held in the palace. As originally planned, kou-en waka-kai” held in the late Kashiwabara Emperor period (the latter half of the Muromachi period) was able to get a closer look at the actual situation due to the collection of official diaries, collections of poems,and papers,――these materials include those that are not yet known. As a result, it became clear that Emperor Gokashiwara was positioned as an emperor who had established a system of kou-en waka-kai”, and could be evaluated as the direct roots of the beginning of Ceremony of the Utakai Hajime(Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading).

Free Research Field

和歌文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

国民の和歌（短歌）への関心の高まりは、宮中歌会始の応募数が平成以降右肩上がりに増加していることからもうかがえる。宮中歌会始のごとく、厳格なルールに則って行われる儀式が、文学（創造）と無理なく融合するという形式は、我が国に特有の文化である。そういった日本人の心性が何に由来するのか、和歌や歌会の制度化の過程を解明することで知ることができる。
また、これまでの和歌研究では、表現のありようにもっとも注意が払われてきたが、歌会という発表の「場」が歌人の表現を規定する面があったという指摘を通じて、表現の独創性や類似性ばかりに注目する研究動向に一石を投じることができたと思う。