A study of transportation on the water using a river in Japanese literature-Connected the Sea of Japan to the Inland Sea-

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370235
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: Meiji University
• Principal Investigator: Donomae Akiko (岡本彰子) 明治大学, 経営学部, その他 (50588770)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KIM Im-Jung 明治大学, 文学部, 兼任講師 (30599577) ; HAKAMADA Mitsuyasu 静岡大学, 人文社会科学部, 教授 (90552729)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 河川交流 / 交易 / 古代日本文学 / 瀬戸内海 / 日本海 / 琵琶湖水系 / 神道集 / 三国遺事

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, I try to interpret an old Japanese literature through the word “trade” which has been recognized not as an economic term but a mythological term. Therefore I pay attention to three river systems which connected the Sea of Japan to the Inland Sea. They are ①Kako-gawa river system-Yura-gawa river system ,② Yodo-gawa river system ,③ Tenryu-gawa river system- Hime-kawa river system. The reason why I choose the above systems is that I found “trade” in “Kojiki”,“Nihon-shoki”, “Fudoki” and ”Manyoshu”. Then it is clear that each river system has a literary image with a historical meaning.

Free Research Field

日本古代文学