A study on Izumo Fudoki (The Records of Izumo) in Ancient Japanese Literature

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 22K20035
• 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: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: Andassova Maral 早稲田大学, 高等研究所, 講師(任期付) (80962076)
• Project Period (FY): 2022-08-31 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 出雲国風土記

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The objective of this research was to derive new interpretations and methods for the Izumo Fudoki from the perspective of intertextuality. Through a comprehensive literature survey, field research, collection, and deciphering of materials on this subject, we were able to present our findings as follows: two presentations were made at academic conferences in Japan, two presentations were made at international conferences, and one article was published in an academic journal. This has provided a new perspective on the Izumo Fudoki, based on the introduction of the method of intertextuality. Furthermore, through presentations at international conferences, we were able to demonstrate the importance of Izumo Fudoki's research in the field of ancient Japanese literature from an international perspective.

Free Research Field

日本文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

近年は古代文学関連の学会において、一つのテクストに閉ざされるのではなく、いくつかのテクストの間で共有されている要素に目を向け、分析を行う方法が注目されるようになってきている。本研究は「間テクスト性」という方法を構築することによって、諸学会へ新たな視覚を提示できた。また、本研究によって構築される「間テクスト性」という方法概念は『出雲国風土記』のみならず、他の『風土記』や『古事記』、『日本書紀』の解読にも適用され、古代文学のテクストの解釈・位置付けに対して新たな可能性を導き出すことに意義がある。