2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A basic study of normative consciousness in Setsuyoshu published in the Edo period

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20520420
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Japanese linguistics
Research Institution	Prefectural University of Kumamoto
Principal Investigator	YONEYA Takashi Prefectural University of Kumamoto, 文学部, 准教授 (60273554)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	節用集 / 色葉字 / 色葉集 / 字尽 / 仮名遣 / 字体 / 語彙史
Research Abstract	This research was focused on the policy of the editors of the Setsuyoshu and the other dictionary of the same age. The following are the result. (1) Isahayabunko-bon Setsuyoshu and Irohashu, those are the manuscript versions dating from the early Edo period, have the Kyushu dialect vocabulary. In the latter the features of the dialectal phonemes are seen also. (2) The Setsuyoshus, which have the special terms used in letters and documents, date from 1695 (Genroku 8). But it was found that a dictionary which has the same policy of them was published two years earlier, in 1693. In addition, the images of the 3 Setsuyoshus, which are important in the study of Setsuyoshu, were placed on my website.