| 研究実績の概要 |
In the 2021 year, I published on the Edo period reception and production of the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets. There are at least six manuscript versions of “one-poem” Thirty-Six Immortal Poets, including the 13th century Satakebon illustrated manuscript, each with different poem choices. However, only the Shusuisho and Kasensho versions were commonly printed in the Edo period. I introduce the 1766 Sazareishi, illustrated by Suzuki Harunobu that features an entirely new “version” of the Thirty-Six, including many poems that were not chosen by Fujiwara no Kinto or Fujiwara no Shunzei. The Sazareishi had three main sales points: illustrations done by the famous Harunobu, a fresh and unique collection of poems, and didactic commentary from Tokusoshi, a frequent collaborator of Harunobu’s.
I also began initial research of Suzuki Harunobu’s Thirty-Six Immortal Poets illustrations. As Edo period illustrations of classical Japanese poetry are often appropriated from earlier texts and other artists, I am surveying the items in Harunobu’s illustrations. First, I count the number of human figures, make note of the names of the designs on their clothing, as well as animals and tools in the illustrations. With the addition of further texts, I will be able to demonstrate connections between Harunobu and other artists’ pictorializations of classical Japanese poetry.
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| 今後の研究の推進方策 |
Given the current status of the Japanese government’s immigration and border policy, the researcher hopes to resume in person survey trips as well as participate in international conferences during the 2022 year. Destinations will include the Art Institute of Chicago as well as the San Francisco Asian Art Museum. The researcher will use this opportunity to reinforce ties with researchers and institutions in the US.
Moreover, the database in construction will be expanded to include Hishikawa Moronobu, Nishikawa Sukenobu and Katsukawa Shunsho's illustrations.
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