Heian Literature in Translation: A comprehensive investigation centered on The Tale of Genji of translations into world languages.

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25244012
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: National Institute of Japanese Literature
• Principal Investigator: ITO Tetsuya 国文学研究資料館, 研究部, 教授 (10232456)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 野本 忠司 国文学研究資料館, 研究部, 准教授 (20321557) ; 海野 圭介 国文学研究資料館, 研究部, 准教授 (80346155)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): ARAKI Hiroshi 国際日本文化研究センター, 研究部, 教授 (60193075) ; SHIMIZU Fukuko 帝塚山大学, 人文学部, 教授 (30226253) ; FUJII Yukiko 清泉女子大学, 日本語日本文学科, 准教授 (70551943) ; TAKADA Tomokazu 国立国語研究所, 理論構造研究系, 准教授 (90415612) ; Walker Larry 京都府立大学, 文学部, 准教授 (70381928) ; Watson M G 明治学院大学, 国際学部, 教授 (20190283)
• Research Collaborator: ASAKAWA Makiko 国文学研究資料館, プロジェクト研究員 (90795808) ; SUDO Kei 立命館大学, 文学部, 助教 (70706613)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-10-21 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 源氏物語 / 翻訳 / 日本文化 / 十帖源氏

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study is based on two themes: “Transformation of Japanese culture viewed from translation” and “Translation and research of ‘Jujo Genji’”. In the last four years, massive results have been released on a website "GENJI overseas" (http://genjiito.org).
The activities of the study includes: publish of “Japanese classical literature-a translation encyclopedia 1, 2”, and an online release of “Journal of Heian Literature Research Overseas Vol. 1-6” (ISSN: 2188ー8035). Also, we have hosted a ”The eighth Indo-Japan Seminer on Japanese literature” in New Delhi, India, on November 2016, and released “Journal of Heian Literature Research Overseas - India -“ on the website.

Free Research Field

日本文学