Research into the Literary Worlds and Scholastic Exchanges of East Asia as Seen through Chinese-Language Texts of Ancient Japan

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520239
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: KONO Kimiko 早稲田大学, 文学学術院, 教授 (20386569)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TAKAMATSU Hisao 早稲田大学, 文学学術院, 教授 (40287933) ; JINNO Hidenori 早稲田大学, 文学学術院, 教授 (40339627) ; SHINKAWA Tokio 早稲田大学, 文学学術院, 教授 (50094066) ; YOSHIHARA Hiroto 早稲田大学, 文学学術院, 教授 (80230796)
• Research Collaborator: DENECKE Wiebke
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 日本古典籍 / 日本漢文学 / 文の概念史 / 東アジア学術文化交流史 / 国際研究者交流（東アジア） / 国際研究者交流（北米）

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Using Chinese-language texts from ancient Japan, we investigated what kind of literary worlds had taken shape, and what kind of scholarly exchanges were taking place, not only in Japan but also in East Asia. In particular we structured our research around the following three initiatives.
(1) We held a regular study group for the close-reading and annotation of poetry connected to the Parhae embassies, publicizing the results in the Yearly Report of the Research Institute of Japanese Classical Books. (2) With the aim of renewing our understanding of Japanese literary and cultural history, we conducted research centered on the concept of bun ("letters"), and published books like A New History of Japanese “Letterature” (Bensei). (3) We convened an international symposium on texts of Chinese origin surviving only in Japan, publicizing the results though article collections, lectures, etc.

Free Research Field

日本文学、和漢比較文学、和漢古文献研究