著者

早川 華代

出版者

奈良女子大学大学院人間文化総合科学研究科

雑誌

人間文化総合科学研究科年報 (ISSN:09132201)

巻号頁・発行日

no.36, pp.84-74, 2021-03-31

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Gukansho (Jottings of a Fool) by Jien regards the Hogen Disturbance as the beginning of 'the age of warriors'. After that, it is common knowledge that the power of Sekkanke (the family which produced regents and chief advisers to the Emperor) was so weakened that it was divided into three branches, the Konoe, the Matsudono and the Kujo. This report describes the origin and history of Mumyozoshi, the oldest critique of literature in Japan. It is a classic work dating back to the early Kamakura Period, whose author is estimated by many specialists, even though they have no certain proofs, to be Shunzeikyo no Musume, who was known as a waka poet. The critique had a deep relation with the Kujo family. Yoshitsune Kujo appeared in it, above all, as the leader of poetry circles. It is said that a manuscript was dedicated to Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine (Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture). We can't imagine it nowadays but the shrine was also worshipped as the god of waka poetry scince the Heian era. The Kujo family believed in God of Sumiyoshi to improve themselves in Waka and to prosper their family. Taking this fact into account, we attempt to analyze problems of Mumyozoshi from the viewpoint of their belief in Sumiyoshi.