A Study of the old Japanese Dictionaries mainly on the Iroha-Jiruisho

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26884013
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Japanese linguistics
• Research Institution: National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (2015); The University of Tokyo (2014)
• Principal Investigator: Fujimoto Akari 大学共同利用機関法人人間文化研究機構国立国語研究所, 言語変化研究領域, 特任助教 (20733017)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-08-29 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 色葉字類抄 / 古辞書

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This is a study of early Japanese dictionaries, especially the Iroha Jiruisho. The contents of the research are as follows:
1. A study of the features of the vocabulary recorded in Iroha Jiruisho.　2. Bibliographic investigation of various editions of Iroha Jiruisho (いろは字類抄).　3. Construction of a database of the contents of Iroha Jiruisho.　4. A study of other dictionaries, including the editing of a catalog of the books in the KUROKAWA collection.
During the research period, all of the above tasks were completed as planned. In addition, a book entitled The Study of IROHA JIRUISHO was published, which contains the results of the research after many years of study.

Free Research Field

日本語学