Paleographical study for reverse-side writings in the back of fragmentary leaves of old codex

2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23500319
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Library and information science/Humanistic social informatics
• Research Institution: Tokyo National Museum
• Principal Investigator: TARASHIMA Satoshi 独立行政法人国立文化財機構東京国立博物館, 学芸研究部調査研究課, 課長 (60370996)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SHIMATANI Hiroyuki 独立行政法人国立文化財機構, 東京国立博物館, 副館長 (90170935)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Keywords: 紙背文書 / 古筆 / 断簡 / 古典籍

Research Abstract

In this research project, The applicant used the fragmentary leaves of old codex, documents or diaries put on "leaf albums" created in the tradition of the old-writings respect since the Edo period as resource for study, and have paid attention to writings existing in the back of of the leaves. The examples were comprehensively collected with reference to the original articles and the duplicates.
Writings on back of leaves are grouped to primary used ones and secondary ones. It has become clear that he concept of the "reverse-side document" used in paleography is able to be applied, and some keys to a new method for studying historical transmission of surviving leaves.