The study of the culture of falconry and the literature of falconry

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520247
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: NAKAMOTO Dai 立命館大学, 文学部, 教授 (70273555)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 鷹 / 鷹匠 / 鷹書 / 流派

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We conducted research on the study of falconry established in the medieval-early modern period (12C-19C) when the practice of falconry flourished the most in our country. Falconry in this period was practiced solely by the samurai and the key figures were falconers who served the shogunate families or families positioned to accede to the shogunate and the daimyo (large, prestigious) families of various regions. In this study, we consider various types of texts introduced by the descendants of these falconers and obtain new information about falconry at that time by examining the content of these descriptions. Further, based on the results, we were also able to identify the real state of affairs of samurai-style falconry culture as well as establish, to some extent, appropriate methods for the study of falconry associated with it.

Free Research Field

日本文学