The Beginning of the Topic of Poem in the Early Edo Period

HUANG, ChiaHui

doi:2018.7.1.185

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Border Crossings: The Journal of Japanese-Language Literature Studies 2018;7(1): 185-200.
doi: https://doi.org/10.22628/bcjjl.2018.7.1.185

The Beginning of the Topic of Poem in the Early Edo Period

ChiaHui HUANG

文藻外国語大学日本語学科専案助理教授

近世初期における詩題俳諧の発端 ――

Correspondence ChiaHui HUANG ,Email: koukae74@gmail.com

Published online: 30 December 2018.

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ABSTRACT

As Chinese poetry gained popularity in literary circles in the Early Edo Period, Matsuo Bashō began to compose Chinese poetry-based haikai (shidai haikai), eventually including them in Minashikuri. However, Minashikuri, including Bashō’s shidai haikai, tended to follow the trends of Chinese poetry. Arano, highly regarded as one of Bashō’s key haikai, was published after Minashikuri. The shidai haikai in Arano not only followed Chinese poetic styles and trends but also attempted to develop or translate Chinese poetic content. This development introduced new avenues in the compositions of shidai haikai. The present study explores the origins of Chinese poetry-based haikai in the Early Edo Period. Despite its limitations, it is hoped that this research serves to clarify the structure of shidai haikai.

Keywords: shidai haikai, Matsuo Bashō and his Pupils, Minashikuri, Arano

キ―ワ―ド: 詩題俳諧, 松尾芭蕉と蕉門,