Social Significance of Sinitic Poetry in Early Modern and Modern Japan

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K02365
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: Keio University
• Principal Investigator: Goyama Rintaro 慶應義塾大学, 文学部(三田), 准教授 (00551946)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 漢詩 / 詞華集 / アンソロジー / 東アジア / 教科書 / 唐 / 宋 / 古典

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to explore how Japanese in the late Edo and Meiji periods, that is, the 19th and early 20th centuries, developed knowledge on Sinitic prose and poetry.
Sinitic literature, including classical Chinese literature and Chinese-style works written by Japanese, formed a part of the basic knowledge of intellectuals from various occupations at that time, because of the educational system in clan schools and private academies, which emphasized the value of Chinese classical learning.
This study clarifies how people in the Edo and Meiji periods learned and absorbed knowledge on classical Chinese poetry by analyzing anthologies edited and printed in Japan. Information on the pieces of work that Japanese editors considered important can be obtained by examining their contents. A precise picture of the reception of Chinese literature can reveal the necessity of partly renewing the current description of the history of Sinitic literature in Japan.

Free Research Field

日本文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、近世・近代日本における漢詩の受容・評価のあり方について、作品レベルで明らかにしてゆくものである。こうしたそれぞれの時代の社会が持つ漢文学に関する知識や教養についての実証的な検討は、江戸・明治期の日本漢文学研究に、新たな認識をもたらすとともに、漢詩と関わりのある、様々な領域の事象の分析にも資するところがあると考えられる。また、本研究では、重要な歴史人物の漢詩について、新たな解釈を提示しており、さらに、漢詩詞華集をはじめとして、これらの人々と関係する多くの資料についても考察を及ぼしている。その成果は、歴史研究の領域においても活用し得ると考える。