著者

Okada Kazuhiro

出版者

Graduate School of Letters, Hokkaido University

雑誌

Journal of the graduate school of letters (ISSN:18808832)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.14, pp.15-35, 2019-03

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Engelbert Kaempferʼs The History of Japan describes an unusual Japanese script, Imatto Canna. Although the term can be attested in Japanese literature as such, the Japanese use of the term (Yamatogana in modern orthography) is itself varied and does not superficially agree with Kaempfer's. This paper attempts to classify the Japanese usages of this term and untangle the differences between Kaempfer's works on Japanese scripts. A comparison between his published works and his manuscripts reveals that his original understanding of Yamato-gana was not far from the Japanese use of the term, but that some misinterpretations arose during The History of Japan's editing process.

著者

Li Yuan Shin Woongchul Okada Kazuhiro

出版者

北海道大学文学研究科

雑誌

Journal of the Graduate School of Letters (ISSN:18808832)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.11, pp.83-96, 2016-03

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This essay will address differences in orientation in early Japanese lexicography with regard to the Japanese rendering of definitions in a Chinese language dictionary. Most,if not all, premodern Japanese dictionaries took the form of rendering the headword in Chinese characters and Chinese words,while also offering a Japanese reading. This does not, however, entail that early Japanese lexicography was entirely oriented to the Chinese language:in fact,a representative portion of Japanese oriented language dictionaries were produced. Japanese readings in Japanese language dictionaries explain the Japanese use of the headword. Alternatively, Chinese-Japanese dictionaries, including Chinese character dictionaries, explain the Chinese use in the Japanese language. By virtue of this fact,they are not distinctive in their form. This essay attempts to distinguish which orientation a dictionary inclines to by focusing on its rendering of definitions of earlier Chinese dictionaries. Here,we will examine the nature of Japanese renditions in a Japanese dictionary,Ruiju myogi sho 類聚名義抄, cited from the Chinese character dictionary Tenrei bansho meigi 篆隷万象名義. Our findings suggest that Japanese renditions illustrate Chinese use rather than Japanese use, which accounts for differences in the Japanese readings and compiling strategies of the dictionaries.

著者

岡田 一祐 オカダ カズヒロ OKADA Kazuhiro

出版者

千葉大学文学部日本文化学会

雑誌

語文論叢 (ISSN:03857980)

巻号頁・発行日

no.27, pp.26-42,