Collection of poems by Soan - Collection of poems by Soan

A collection of short poems from the early modern period. One volume. A collection of medieval short poems that comes after "Kanginshu" (which has 37 common poems) and slightly precedes the Ryutatsubushi short poems. There are various theories about who should have been the editor, Muneakira, but it is unclear. According to the preface and colophon, the clean copy was written by Koga Yuan, also known as Koga Atsumichi (1565-1624). It was probably compiled during the Keicho era (1596-1615), which was the transitional period between medieval and early modern short poems. It contains 220 poems. Most of the poems are short poems of two or four lines, and the majority are love songs with lines such as "Come and sleep in my dreams/And I will never let my love affairs stand," and there are also some early modern short poems in the 7-7-7-5 style with lines such as "Before I get wet, I despise the dew/But after I get wet, that's fine," making this a valuable resource for the study of popular song history, even though it is a solitary volume. Introduced by Sasano Ken in 1931 (Showa 6), the original had no title and was originally called "Collection of Short Poems from the Muromachi Period."

[Tokue Motomasa]

“Kitagawa Tadahiko School Annotation “Shincho Japanese Classical Collection Kanginshu Soyasu Poetry Collection” (1982, Shinchosha)”

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

近世初期成立の小歌集。一巻。『閑吟集』（37首の共通歌を有す）以後、隆達節(りゅうたつぶし)小歌よりはやや先行する中世小歌の集成。編者の宗安にあてるべき人物として諸説あるが、不詳。序・奥書によると、清書したのは久我有庵(こがゆうあん)すなわち久我敦通(あつみち)（1565―1624）。中世小歌と近世小歌との交替期にあたる慶長(けいちょう)年中（1596～1615）の成立か。所収歌数220首。ほとんどが二句・四句の短詩型で、「夢には来てお寝(よ)れ／それに浮名はよも立たじ」のごとき恋の歌が大部分を占め、「濡(ぬ)れぬさきこそ露をもいとへ／濡れてののちはともかくも」のごとき七七七五の近世小歌調もみえ、孤本(こほん)ながら歌謡史研究上貴重な資料。1931年（昭和6）笹野堅(ささのけん)の紹介になったもので、原本に題名はなく、当初は『室町時代小歌集』とよばれた。

［徳江元正］

『北川忠彦校注『新潮日本古典集成　閑吟集　宗安小歌集』（1982・新潮社）』

出典　小学館　日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について　情報 | 凡例