Komai Diary - Komai Diary

Japanese: 駒井日記 - こまいにっき

This is the diary of Komai Nakatsukasa Shoyu Shigekatsu, Toyotomi Hidetsugu's right-hand man. It is also called Komai Nakasho Nikki or Bunroku Nikki. Of the 17 volumes covering the period from leap September 1593 (Bunroku 2) to April 1595, only volumes 2, 4, 6-8, and 17 remain, consisting of two books of three volumes each. In addition to providing detailed information about the activities of the regent Hidetsugu and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, it also contains meticulous notes on related documents, making it a first-class historical resource for understanding the political history of the Bunroku period. Copies are kept in the Cabinet Library and the University of Tokyo Library, and a fragment said to be in the author's own hand is kept at Ryukoku University. Included in the Revised Historical Records Collection.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

豊臣秀次の右筆駒井中務少輔重勝の日記。《駒井中書日次記》《文禄日記》ともいう。1593年(文禄2)閏9月～95年4月の17巻のうち，巻二，巻四，巻六～八，巻十七が現存し3巻ずつ2冊より成る。関白秀次および太閤秀吉の動静を詳しく伝えるとともに，関係文書を丹念に書き控えるなど，文禄期の政治史を知るうえで第一級の史料。写本が内閣文庫，東京大学図書館にあり，自筆といわれる断簡が竜谷大学にある。《改定史籍集覧》所収。

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