The emergence and transformation of discourses related to the Bunroku-Keicho War in Tsushima and their background

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K00316
• 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: Chukyo University
• Principal Investigator: TOKUTAKE Yoshiaki 中京大学, 文学部, 教授 (30387609)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 文禄慶長の役 / 対馬藩 / 対外戦争 / 壬辰倭乱 / 虎狩

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I conducted an intensive investigation of materials related to the Tsushima Domain's foreign wars, focusing mainly on the Soke Bunko Library at the Tsushima Historical Research Center in Nagasaki Prefecture. As a result, I unearthed a considerable number of materials related to the Bunroku War. In particular, the materials related to the Oishi clan, a samurai of the Tsushima Domain, were interesting, and I could see how their achievements in tiger hunting were recognized as achievements along with their military exploits in battle, and how they were written down and passed down as a symbol of military might. I studied the genealogical materials related to the Oishi clan in detail and presented them in two papers. I also conducted a narrative study of the beginning of the Bunroku War. I also conducted several surveys of Tsushima Island, and published reports on those surveys.

Free Research Field

日本文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

人々、あるいは各地域が戦争（特に対外戦争）をどのように語り継ぎ、時には正当化してきたのかを考えるひとつのきっかけとなり得るものと考えている。。更には多元的・多角的に戦争言説を分析する方法や重要性を考える一つのきっかけともなり得るものと考えている。
また、対馬島内のものをサンプルとして、地域ごとの言説や伝承・文芸を研究していく方法の提示にもなり得るのではないか。