Mogyu Waka

Written by Minamoto Mitsuyuki in 1204 (Genkyu 1), this work is a collection of poems based on about half of the stories in "Mongyu" (a book for children written by Li Han in the Tang dynasty), a textbook for children since the Heian period, with Japanese translations of the original notes. It may have been presented to the shogun Minamoto Sanetomo. In the same year, it was combined with "Hyakuei Waka" and "Gafu Waka" (lost), to form a trilogy. It has 14 volumes and is divided into 14 parts: Four Seasons, Love, Celebration, Travel, Leisure, Nostalgia, Reminiscence, Sorrow, Music and Strings, Wine, and Miscellaneous. Composing waka based on Chinese lines has been practiced since the early Heian period, but in "Mongyu Waka," the emphasis has shifted from waka to tales translated from the original notes, making it a pioneering work in the medieval period when tales were popular and Chinese literature was increasingly adopted. It is also an important source for understanding the ancient commentary on "Mongyu," which was read by Japanese people at the time and is now nearly lost.

[Ikeda Toshio]

"Basic Research on Japanese-Chinese Comparative Literature" by Toshio Ikeda (1974, Kasama Shoin)

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平安朝以来の幼学書であった唐の李瀚撰(りかんせん)『蒙求』諸話の約半数を句題に和歌を詠み、原注を和訳して添えた作品で、1204年（元久1）源光行(みつゆき)が著す。将軍源実朝(さねとも)に献上したか。同年『百詠和歌』、『楽府(がふ)和歌』（散逸）とあわせて三部作とした。14巻。四季と、恋、祝、旅、閑居、懐旧、述懐、哀傷、管弦、酒、雑と14部に構成。中国の詩句を題に和歌を詠むことは平安朝初期より行われたが、『蒙求和歌』は、和歌より、原作の注を翻訳した説話に重点が移行しており、中世に盛行した説話が漢籍を多く摂取していくうえでの先駆的役割をも果たしている。また、当時の日本人が読み、いまや佚亡(いつぼう)の状態に近い古注『蒙求』を知るうえでの重要資料でもある。

［池田利夫］

『池田利夫著『日中比較文学の基礎研究』（1974・笠間書院）』

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