A Study Aiming for the Systemization of Takasho in Falconry Culture of the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K00325
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02010:Japanese literature-related
• Research Institution: The University of Nagano
• Principal Investigator: Nihonmatsu Yasuko 長野県立大学, グローバルマネジメント学部, 教授 (30449532)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 鷹狩り / 鷹書 / 祢津流の鷹術 / 吉田流の鷹術

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Whereas falconry in Japan was originally for hunting, since the Middle Ages, it has put aside this purpose and matured into a ritual, and this has given birth to many different schools of falconry. With this development, a vast number of discursive biographies, or so-called " falcon books " have been established. Since such research on falcon books has been mainly conducted in the context of Japanese literature, the majority of the results have been theoretical, focusing on the interpretation of anecdotes that appear in the various texts. In this study, based on these results, we have clarified the elucidation and positioning of the group of texts (falcon book texts) from a more general perspective, and, by systematizing them, we have approached the reality of a new type of falconry culture.

Free Research Field

中世文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

中世から近世にかけてわが国の放鷹文化の主流を担ったのは武家である。本研究では、そういった当時の武家の間で隆盛した鷹術流派の代表として祢津流と吉田流を取り上げ、それぞれの流派所縁の鷹書に見える叙述内容を網羅的に分析してテキスト群を体系的に整理した。それによって、日本の鷹狩りの歴史における新たな側面を明らかにすることができた。さらには、中世から近世における武家流の鷹書の制作と展開が、わが国の放鷹文化の中核をなす文化的営為であったことを再認識しつつ、わが国における「文化遺産」としての鷹書の総論的な研究を完成することができた。