Correlation Between Waka Poems And Paintings -Through Consideration of Lyrics of Biography of high-ranking priest of Pure Land Buddhism

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K22002
• 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: Shikoku University
• Principal Investigator: Ishii Yuka 四国大学, 文学部, 助教 (10881518)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-09-11 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 一遍聖絵 / 遊行上人縁起絵 / 西行 / 絵巻 / 和歌 / 白河関 / 浅間山 / 承久の政変

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, I focus on the poetry scenes of medieval picture scrolls, and aim to clarify the mechanism by which new interpretations are generated between poems and paintings. For this purpose, I examined the Ji sect poems and illustrated narrative scrolls, and Saigyo Monogatari picture scrolls.I find evidence that the medieval Ji sect followers had accepted the Saigyo Monogatari picture scroll from an early stage by examining the two Ji sect picture scrolls, " Ippen hijiri-e" and "Yugyo shonin engi-e".
In addition, from the experience of finding results by paying attention to their trips to the eastern district, by expanding the horizons to the poetry scenes of the entire picture scroll, I clarify the significance of the poetry scenes in the trip to Shinano area, the metropolitan area, and the western district.

Free Research Field

中世文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の当初の目的は、絵巻という従来の和歌研究では周辺的と見做された領域へ和歌研究の領域を広げることにあった。和歌研究の分野での絵巻へのアプローチといえば、三十六歌仙絵巻や伊勢物語絵巻など、和歌文学を題材とした絵巻についての研究が想定される。しかし本研究では、浄土系の祖師伝絵巻のうち、『西行物語絵巻』制作と関わりの深い中世時衆の制作した絵巻群に着目した。中世時衆が文学・宗教を結びつけた様相について検証を行い、隣接分野への学際的影響をもたらすことを試みた点に本研究の学術的意義がある。