Basic research on calligraphic materials and notation in the Edo period

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K23035
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0102:Literature, linguistics, and related fields
• Research Institution: Tokyo Gakugei University
• Principal Investigator: MIYAMOTO JUNKO 東京学芸大学, 教育学部, 研究員 (10849087)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-08-30 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 日本語学 / 表記史 / 書記意識 / 平仮名 / 書道史 / 入木道

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to demonstrate the actual usage and transition of hiragana and kanji in the expert calligrapher's handwritten materials of early modern Japan.
As a result of a comprehensive survey, we've identified that there were some traditional writing systems supported by calligraphy. We've revealed that there were some books with very specific instructions about knowledge of calligraphy　in Tayasu-Tokugawa collection.For example, in those books, we found that the documents contain very specific instructions on how to write the poems and how much kanji and kana to use.In addition, a study of the actual situation and the biographies revealed that the biographical descriptions were faithfully practiced by the calligraphers.

Free Research Field

日本語学・日本語史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

従来、物語中の書や文字に関わる語を解釈する際、書論等が二次的に利用されることはあったが、入木道伝書の内容を検証し、表記現象との関係を位置づけた研究は少なく、本研究は日本語学と書学書道史の研究成果とを有機的に関連づけていく点に特色がある。
特に、古今和歌集など、和歌を用いた従来の表記研究では、説明することが難しかった、表記実態、漢字や仮名表記の分析方法を見直し、書記意識についても考察した点に本研究の意義が存する。