"Kanmon Gyoki" - Kanmon Gyoki

Japanese: 《看聞御記》 - かんもんぎょき
"Kanmon Gyoki" - Kanmon Gyoki

…The entire 44 volumes of the original handwritten text (the first volume contains the wrapping paper for letters, etc.) are preserved in the Archives and Mausolea Department of the Imperial Household Agency. The title of the book was given by Prince Sadahira himself, and is the correct title, but it is usually known as Kanmongiyoki. Kanmon literally means "what has been seen or heard," and contains a wide range of topics, from top-secret matters in the innermost recesses of the political world to rumors on the streets, making it indispensable for contemporary historical research. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Kanmon Goki" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…自筆の原本全44巻(うち第1巻は書状の包紙などを収む)が宮内庁書陵部に伝存する。書名は貞成親王自身の命名したもので,正しい書名であるが,ふつうは《看聞御記(かんもんぎよき)》の名でしられてきている。〈看聞〉とは,文字どおりに〈見たり聞いたりしたこと〉の意味であるが,政界深奥部の極秘事から巷間の風聞にいたるまでの豊富な話題が記されており,当代の歴史研究に不可欠である。…

※「《看聞御記》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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