A Study of the Tales in Dunhuang Manuscripts: Advances in Comparative Studies of Japanese and Chinese Folktales

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370404
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Chinese literature
• Research Institution: Ochanomizu University
• Principal Investigator: ITO MIEKO お茶の水女子大学, 基幹研究院, 教授 (40251871)
• Research Collaborator: SANPEI Harumi ; WADA Kazuko ; TUKAGOSHI Chifumi ; SUZUKI Ryouko ; OONISHI Yumiko ; MITSUDA Kotomi
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 中国文学 / 民間文学 / 敦煌文書 / 語り物

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to determine, by means of clearer images, the text of some of the tales in Dunhuang manuscripts and to make their Japanese translation and annotations. As the report of this study, we wrote Japanese Translation and Annotations of Dunhuang Tales (March, 2017). Treated in this book are the following seven works: Chajiulun, Yanzifu, Hanpengfu, Anzifu, Yejingnengfu, Shunzizhixiaobianwen and Wanglimgbianwen. Included are: the texts of these works; the Japanese translation and annotation. Also included are list of manucripts, bibliography, together with summary of the works, list of monographs, and Japanese/Chinese data related to these works.
Because there is a lot of Japanese data related to Hanppengfu and Shunzizhixiao-bianwen,, we can confirm the existence of folktales in central China that connect Dunhuang and Japan.

Free Research Field

中国文学