Sugaya Bunsou - Kanke Bunsou

A collection of Chinese poetry and prose by Sugawara no Michizane. Twelve volumes. He compiled it himself in August 900 (Shotai 3) and dedicated it to Emperor Daigo. The circumstances of its creation are detailed in Michizane's "Letter to Dedicate a Family Collection." The extant version retains almost the original form from the time of its creation. Volumes 1 to 6 are poetry, and volumes 7 to 12 are prose, containing 468 poems and 159 prose pieces in a variety of styles, including fu, prefaces, imperial edicts, petitions, and supplications. It is the largest collection of poetry and prose by a Chinese poet of the Heian period. It contains works from his first poem at the age of 11 to the spring of the year of its creation, spanning 45 years, but the poems are arranged chronologically, allowing one to read the trajectory of the poet's mind over the course of more than 30 years. "Four days away from home, I have tormented spring. Why does the plum and willow blossoms feel fresh wherever I touch them? Because they are so light, I ask in the reports of passing travelers. The governor of Sanshu was originally a poet." (Inscribed on the wall of the station building).

[Akio Goto]

"Japanese Classical Literature Series 72: Sugaya Bunsou and Sugaya Goshu (Edited by Kawaguchi Hisao)" (1966, Iwanami Shoten)

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菅原道真(すがわらのみちざね)の漢詩文集。12巻。900年（昌泰3）8月、自ら編纂(へんさん)して醍醐(だいご)天皇に献呈した。成立の事情は道真の「家集を献ずる状」に詳しい。現存本は成立時の原形をほぼそのまま伝えている。巻1から巻6までは詩、巻7から巻12までは散文で、468首の詩と、賦(ふ)・序・詔勅・奏状・願文(がんもん)等の多様な文体の散文159首とを収める。平安朝漢詩人の詩文集としてもっとも大部なものである。11歳時の初めての詩作から成立の年の春まで45年間の作を収めるが、詩は年代順に配列されており、30余年の詩人の心の軌跡を読み取ることができる。「家を離れて四日自ら春を傷(いた)む　梅柳(ばいりゅう)何に因(よ)りてか触るる処(ところ)に新たなる　為(かるがゆえ)に去来の行客の報ずるに問ふ　讃州(さんしゅう)の刺史(しし)は本より詩人なり」（駅楼の壁に題す）。

［後藤昭雄］

『川口久雄校注『日本古典文学大系72　菅家文草・菅家後集』（1966・岩波書店）』

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