2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Research on enjoyment and transmission of the early modern revenge nonfiction, and the views on revenge during the Edo period

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21720076
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Japanese literature
Research Institution	Fukuoka University of Education (2010-2011) Gakushuin University (2009)
Principal Investigator	KIKUCHI Yosuke 福岡教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (30515838)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Keywords	実録 / 敵討ち / 近世文学
Research Abstract	I investigated nonfiction(historic novel) about revenge and I collected data over the course of three years looking at the historical record in previously unexamined nonfiction literature. Using this data, I examined the record for evidence using the construction of the story, I additionally considered the presence or absence of influence from other literary genres and indicates the crossover between new forms of literature such as drama and yellow covers story book.

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