Research on human interactions centered on YushinaishinnouKiishu during the late regent period and early cloistered government period

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K12919
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 02010:Japanese literature-related
• Research Institution: Kochi University
• Principal Investigator: Otsuka Seiya 高知大学, 教育研究部人文社会科学系人文社会科学部門, 准教授 (90838161)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 平安時代文学 / 和歌 / 私家集 / 歌人研究

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Focusing on the Heian period female poet, YushinaishinnoukeKii, this research revealed literary activity during the transition from the late regent period to the early cloistered government period. With regard to Kii's family and literary circle, errors and oversights in the old theory were pointed out, and new insights into two generations, and biwa were presented.
Literary activity around Kii was revealed too. It clarified that SugawaranoTakasueno Musume, a nyobo of Kii’s colleague, incorporated many expressions from personal song collections in Sarashina Diary.It was shown that other contemporary poets, Shimotsuke and TachibananoTamenaka interacted using expressions from the Manyoshu and Chinese poetry.

Free Research Field

日本文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

平安文学研究において摂関期と院政期は個別に研究されがちであったが、紀伊という存在を端緒としてその移行や継承の様相が明らかになった。従来論文数が少なかった歌人や私家集にフォーカスがあたり、交流の具体相が明らかになったことも同様に意義深い。
また紀伊は『小倉百人一首』72番の歌人である。紀伊に関する基礎的な伝記研究の成果は、一般社会の教育活動や文化活動にも有益な効果をもたらすものである。