| Research Abstract |
Focusing on Japanese medieval tales, I compiled a set of materials on the expressions and motives corresponding to prophecy literature ; additionally, I drew up a list of the types of literature, such as prophecy texts, prognosticatory records, oracular texts, dream records, oaths, testaments, and posthumous instructions, and collected the materials in a database. With regard to East Asia, I conducted investigations of material in Beijing, Seoul, Hanoi, Paris, London, Boston, etc., and assembled valuable materials. On the basis of these results, I hosted international conferences and research collegia on "Prophecy Literature" in Beijing, Hanoi, and Paris, and gathered the collected proceedings.
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