Ishigami's Private Words - Ishigami's Private Words

Motoori Norinaga's book on waka poetry. 3 volumes in total. Incomplete. It was written around 1763 (13th year of the Horeki era), a little later than "Shibun Yoryo" (written in 1763). In 1757, Norinaga returned to Matsusaka from his study in Kyoto and compiled his book on waka poetry, "Ashiwake Obune," but he also interpreted stories and waka poetry with a unified aesthetic sense, completing his theory on "mono no aware." This book begins with a definition of "what does waka poetry express," and goes on to develop a theory on the essence of waka poetry and criticism of traditional waka poetry, while presenting a theory on "mono no aware" waka poetry.

[Kyano Noriko]

"The Complete Works of Norinaga Motoori 2" edited by Tadashi Okubo (1968, Chikuma Shobo)" "Motoori Norinaga" by Hideo Kobayashi (1978, Shinchosha)"

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本居宣長(もとおりのりなが)の歌論書。全3巻。未完。成立年代は1763年（宝暦13）ごろで、『紫文要領』（1763成立）より少し遅れている。1757年京都遊学から松坂に戻った宣長は、歌論書『排蘆小船(あしわけおぶね)』をまとめたが、さらに物語と和歌とを統一的な美意識で解釈し、「もののあはれ」論を完成させた。本書は、「歌とはいかなる物をいふぞや」という定義に始まり、和歌の本質論、伝統的歌論への批判を展開しつつ、「もののあはれ」的歌論を提示している。

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『大久保正編『本居宣長全集 2』（1968・筑摩書房）』▽『小林秀雄著『本居宣長』（1978・新潮社）』

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