Essay writing in general - Sakumondaidai

An introductory guide to composing classical Chinese poetry and prose in the late Heian period. Author unknown. There are many variant versions, but all of them trace their roots to the Kanchiin version. However, the Kanchiin version itself was created in stages, and originally only contained the "andai" (title), which explained the points to note when composing poetry and the form of the poem, and the title was given to this. Later, the "brand new" section, which explains the points to note when composing poetry and the form it takes, and the "poem itself," "miscellaneous poems," and "miscellaneous examples of poetry," which explain in detail the points to note when composing poetry, were added. The Higashiyama Bunko version lists the name of Fujiwara Munetada as the author, but Munetada was the author of the "Various Verse Styles" section of the book, and not the author of the entire "Sakumon Daitai."

[Kanbara Osamu]

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平安後期の漢詩文制作のための入門手引書。作者未詳。多くの異本があるが、すべて観智院本(かんちいんぼん)を祖本とする。しかし観智院本自身も段階的に成立したもので、もともとは作詩上の注意と詩の形態を説明した「按題(あんだい)」のみで、書名もこれに対してつけられた。その後、作文上の注意とその形態を説いた「筆大体」、作詩上の注意を細かく説明した「詩本体」「雑体詩」「詩雑例」の項が加わった。東山文庫本に作者として藤原宗忠(むねただ)の名がみえるが、宗忠は同書の「諸句体」の項の筆者で『作文大体』全体の作者ではない。

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