A Comprehensive Study on the Generation of Literary Arts in the Medieval Koyasan Isshin Temple

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K13388
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: Osaka Ohtani University (2019); Osaka City University (2017-2018)
• Principal Investigator: Otsubo Ryosuke 大阪大谷大学, 文学部, 講師 (10713117)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 日本文学 / 中世文学 / 太平記 / 高野山

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, first, it was clarified that the articles related to Shingon were augmented and the narratives related to Truth were quoted in a complicated way in the process of generation of the Taiheiki books.
In connection with this, it was assumed that the original supplementary parts of the "Tensho-bon-Taiheiki" Vol. 4 "Goetsu-ikusa-no-koto" were influenced mainly by the literature read in Zenrin.
Furthermore, I analyzed the text of "Koya Monogatari," which has been attracting attention for its doctrine and its relation to "Heike Monogatari," and pointed out the characteristics of its historical recognition.

Free Research Field

日本文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

天正本『太平記』独自増補箇所の分析は、該本の生成を促した力の一端を知る手がかりとなり得るものである。加えて『太平記』に引かれる「問民苦使」説話の分析からは、『太平記』の巧妙な歴史叙述の方法を明らかにすることができた。
一方、本研究の主要テーマである一心院における文芸生成について、研究期間内では充分に解明し得なかったものの、『高野物語』独自の歴史認識の様相を示すことができた。これは高野山一心院と文芸生成についてさらなる考究を進めていく上での足がかりとなり得よう。