著者

小秋元 段

出版者

法政大学国際日本学研究所

雑誌

国際日本学 (ISSN:18838596)

巻号頁・発行日

no.8, pp.221-237, 2010-09

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The general consensus has been that Japanese kokatsuji-ban (old movable-type printing) originated in Korean movable-type printing technology, however in recent years we hear loud support for the theory that its rise emanated from Kirishitan printing technology. This paper firstly examines the process which suggests the connection between kokatsuji-ban and kirishitan-ban introduced in the Meiji period, following along the lines of work by Earnest Satow and Shinmura Izuru. It then adds to the investigation the various theories from recent years advocating the rise from kirishitan-ban. Although these are greatly significant in indicating the common features of Japan and Kirishitan movable-type technology from a technical point of view, if we refer to passages from Seso Jitsuroku and Yosai Sowa which are records about Korean movable-type technology, it is hard not to be convinced that kokatsuji-ban originates from chosen-ban (Korean printing).