Re-establishment of the Wajishoransho in the history of early modern kana usage research

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K21954
• 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: Hokkaido University of Education
• Principal Investigator: Hisada Yukio 北海道教育大学, 教育学部, 講師 (60883189)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-09-11 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 仮名遣い / 契沖 / 和字正濫鈔

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to reconsider the results of the Wajishoransho from the viewpoint of academic continuity. And it clarified it in practice. We have compiled basic information on the Wajishoransho by inputting data on the words, their annotations, sources, etc. The same process was also carried out for the preceding kana-usage books (Ruiji Kana-zukai and Shoshin Kana-zukai), and a comprehensive comparison and analysis of the Wajishoransho and the preceding kana scripts was conducted. The results of our research revealed that 922 words in the Ruiji Kana-zukai and 353 words in the Shoshin Kana-zukai match the 2,040 words in the Wajishoransho. In addition, when we look at the words for which no authority is given in the Wajishoransho, we find 504 words in the Ruiji Kana-zukai and 231 words in the Shoshin Kana-zukai that match, which is about 60% and 28% of the words for which no authority is given, respectively.

Free Research Field

国語学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

仮名遣い研究において画期的な成果と見なされてきてた『和字正濫鈔』を、仮名遣いにおける学問の連続性という観点から捉え直したことの意義は大きい。また、『和字正濫鈔』に掲載された語を計量的に分析する方法は、今後、他の仮名遣い書研究にも活用できるものと期待される。