The Man'yō Shikō (万葉私考) is a 10-volume commentary on the Man'yōshū written by the kokugaku scholar Miyaji Haruki (宮地春樹).

Overview

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The Man'yō Shikō is a commentary on the Man'yōshū, an eighth-century anthology of waka poetry,[1] by Miyaji Haruki,[1] an Edo period kokugaku scholar,[2] Confucianist,[2] retainer of Tosa Domain,[2] and student of Nishiyori Seisai,[2] Motoori Norinaga,[3] and Hagiwara Sōko.[2]

Writing

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The Man'yō Shikō had its beginnings in the Haruki's personally-annotated copy (書入本 kakiire-bon) of the Man'yōshū,[1] which he had completed on the 17th day of the fifth month of Tenmei 4 (4 July 1784 in the Gregorian calendar).[1] A week or so later he set to work on a rewrite of these notes with a preface (第一冊識語 dai-issatsu shikigo).[1] He died of illness in the fourth month of the following year,[3] with his commentary incomplete.[1] He was 58 years old, by Japanese reckoning.[2]

Contents

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The Man'yō Shikō records Haruki's views of various expressions and compositional circumstances over which the Man'yōshū Kō (万葉集考) and Man'yō Daishōki [ja] had expressed doubt.[1]

It contains views likely acquired by Haruki from his teacher Norinaga,[1] as well as indicating the fountainhead of the Tosa school of Man'yō scholarship.[1] For these reasons Tadashi Ōkubo [ja] (1919–1980), in his article on the work for the 1983 Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten, states that it has attracted the attention of scholars interested in the history of Man'yōshū research.[1]

Textual tradition

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A copy formerly in the holdings of Numata Yorisuke [ja] had been published posthumously by Haruki's son and heir Miyaji Nakae [ja],[1] but as of Ōkubo's writing of the Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten article said copy's whereabouts were unknown.[1] The edition printed in the Nihon Koten Zenshū is based on a handcopied text made by Masamune Atsuo.[1]

References

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Citations

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Works cited

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  • Ōkubo, Tadashi (1983). "Man'yō Shikō". Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典 (in Japanese). Vol. 5. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten. p. 554. OCLC 11917421.
  • "Miyaji Haruki" 宮地春樹. Bijutsu Jinmei Jiten (in Japanese). Shibunkaku. 2016. Retrieved 2019-07-01.