2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A Study of the Stories of heron in Children's Literature from Edo Period to the Present-day
Project/Area Number |
14510475
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
国文学
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Research Institution | Baika Women's University |
Principal Investigator |
KATO Yasuko Baika Women's University, The Department of Literature Children's Literature, Prof., 文学部児童文学科, 教授 (60299005)
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Project Period (FY) |
2002 – 2005
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Keywords | Picture Books for Children in Edo Period / The Stories of heron / Minamoto no Raiko and The big Four / Nansou Satomi Hakkenden / Picture Books for Children of Warriors / Kusazoshi / Mamehon / The Fantasy Fiction |
Research Abstract |
The main aim of this project is to find the special quality on the stories of heros in Japanese Children's Literature from Edo Period to the Present-day. This project find 9 points. The contents are as follows : 1.There are a lot of the stories of heros about Minamoto no Raiko and the big Four in Japanese Children's Literature from Edo Period to the Present-day. The stories of Raiko were told by Japanese over a period of one hundred years. 2.Minamoto no Raiko was a historical person. But the stories of heros about Minamoto no Raiko were fantastical stories. 3.Minamoto no Raiko and the big Four and Hirai no Yasumasa killed many monster. They jioined forces to overcomed the difficulties. 4.Monster was Syutendoji, Ibaragidoji, Tutigumo, Kidomaru and so forth. They were very strong. 5.The stories of heros about Minamoto no Raiko and the big Four excited Japanese. 6.Japanese felt sorry for monster's misfortune. 7.The stories of heros about Minamoto no Raiko and the big Four and many fantastical stories have something in common. 8.The stories of heros about Minamoto no Raiko and the big Four in Japanese Children's Literature in Edo Period were liked by Japanese in the Present-day. 9.The stories of heros about Minamoto no Raiko and the big Four in Japanese Children's Literature in Edo Period should be passed down to posterity.
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Research Products
(30 results)