Annotations and studies of the Heian period waka prefaces

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K12293
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 02010:Japanese literature-related
• Research Institution: Osaka City University
• Principal Investigator: YAMAMOTO Mayuko 大阪市立大学, 大学院文学研究科, 准教授 (00784901)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 本朝文粋 / 書序 / 真名序 / 仮名序 / 宴集 / 菅原文時 / 源順 / 慶滋為政

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to annotate the Heian period wakajo (waka prefaces), and to clarify its characteristics and significance. The wakajo is a short writing that describes the background of waka production.
In this study, it was first clarified that the authority for the expression of the foreword was inherited in the place where many wakajo for the banquet were produced. It was also pointed out that the wakajo is an important material that shows the process of changing the relationship between Waka and Chinese poetry from the Nara period to the Heian period. Furthermore, we considered the characteristics of the introduction of Sugawara no Fumitoki in the middle of the 10th century, which is contained in "Honcho Monzui", in comparison with the introduction of Minamoto no Shitago;, who was active at the same time. In addition, I published a book "Heian period prefaces and Chinese and Japanese poetry-a discussion of banquet literature" (Hanawa Shobo;, March 2021).

Free Research Field

日本文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

平安朝を通して、漢文あるいは和文で書かれた和歌序を総合的に検討し、平安朝の和歌序の特質と変遷と、平安朝文学における和歌序の意義の一端を明らかにしたことである。