著者

島内 景二

出版者

電気通信大学

雑誌

電気通信大学紀要 (ISSN:09150935)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.21, no.1-2, pp.183-194, 2009-01-15

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TAKEDA Shingen(武田信玄; 1521~73)was a renowned daimy(feudal lord) who governed Kai(甲斐) and Shinano(信濃)Provinces. As well as a military tactician, he was a man of letters. Shingen studied tanka poetry(和歌)because he aspired to hold both the pen and the sword(文武二道). His poem calligraphed on colored paper(色紙)is treasured in the Erin-ji Temple(恵林寺)even now. The poem reads as follows: sasowa-zu wa 誘引ずは kuyashikara-mashi くやしからまし sakura-bana さくら花 sane-kon koro wa 実こんころは yuki no furu tera 雪のふるてらIt is noteworthy that Shingen employed Chinese characters 誘引 and 実 in writingさそふ (to invite) and さね(really)respectively. By so doing, Shingen hinted at allusions to Wakan rei-sh (和漢朗詠集), Genji monogatari (源氏物語), and Ise monogatari (伊勢物語). This paper argues that Shingens tanka poem can be interpreted as a self-praise of his being a master of both the pen and the sword.