The Japanese Han-prose in China

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520243
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: Nanzan University
• Principal Investigator: CAI Yi 南山大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (50263504)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 日本漢文 / 逆輸入 / 中国本土 / 日中文化交流 / 東アジア漢字文化圏 / 域外漢籍

Outline of Final Research Achievements

From a viewpoint of “reverse import” of Japan-Sino cultural exchange, this paper studies the cases of Japanese Han-prose reverting to China, which, in the past, had been largely ignored. Based on a large number of Japanese Han-prose found in the classic literatures ranging from Tang to Qing Dynasties, this paper analyzes the historical background, the experiences of the authors, how the poems were written, as well as the impact to China. Through this study, we may find a new angle of viewing the history of how Japanese culture had influenced the world and, in particular, how cultural exchange took place in the Han-literature countries in East Asia.

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