Basic study on war chronicle literature in view of the intellectual persons and media diversity in the Meiji era

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370208
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: Chiba University
• Principal Investigator: KUBO Isamu 千葉大学, 大学院人文社会科学研究科, 助教 (10323437)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 軍記物語 / 近代 / 平家物語 / 平曲 / 山田孝雄 / 館山漸之進 / 福地桜痴 / 梅澤和軒

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigated how a war chronicle literature had culturally changed via media diversification through the Meiji era, mainly discussing "Heike Monogatari." The "Heike Ongakushi" (music story tellers of Heike story) by Zennoshin TATEYAMA, and "Heike Monogatari-ko" (Discussion on Heike Monogatari) by Yoshio Yamada published at the end of the Meiji era have been considered as landmark studies. We have found another preceding study made by Ouchi FUKUCHI by 1902. Moreover, this study reported that there were a large readership for "Heike Monogatari" via magazines for young boys, and the culture of "Heikyoku" had been passed down by ordinary citizens.

Free Research Field

人文学