A study on writing system of Katakana in Shoukuu-bon-Shikashuu

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21520475
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Japanese linguistics
Research Institution	Tokyo Metropolitan University
Principal Investigator	NAKAGAWA Miwa 首都大学東京, 人文科学研究科, 助教 (00301408)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywords	日本語の書記 / 日本語史 / 表音文字 / 片仮名 / 平仮名 / 書記 / 表記 / 和歌 / 承空 / 資経 / 冷泉家時雨亭文庫
Research Abstract	In my research, I used a text database and Katakana letter's image database of Shoukuu-bon-Shikashuu. Shoukuu was a Buddhist priest in the Kamakura period and he wrote 41 Shikashu(Waka anthology) in Katakana letters. Shoukuu's writing contains few of artistic elements such as' Renmen' or variations of form of letter, and it contains functional elements such as' Kanadzukai'(Japanese orthography) the same as the original text written in Hiragana letters.