紀要論文

特集「近世日本における＜北方＞イメージ」について : 名所絵本『東国名勝志』と元禄地誌

Image for the Northern Region in Early Modern Japan : Illustrated Guide to Famous Sites Tōgoku Meishōshi and Geographical Description in the Genroku Period

jpn

18838596

https://doi.org/10.15002/00021870

法政大学国際日本学研究所

16

254(1)

220(35)

2019-03-29

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Tōgoku Meishōshi (drawn by Tsukioka Settei, five volumes, authorʼs self-preface, no afterwards, and published in 1762), which is an illustrated book series and geographical description edited and published by an Ōsaka bookstore Kichimonjiya Ichibee, takes an important role in a history of geographical descriptions in the Early Modern Age, since it bridges the series “Guide to Famous Sites”, de facto monumental achievement of folklore topography in the Edo Period. However, it is clear that many of the pictures and descriptions depend on the geographical description, drawings and travel writings of the Genroku Period. In this paper, we examined changes and development of the geographical descriptions in the Genroku Period focusing on relationships among Ihara Saikakuʼs Hitome Tamaboko, Ochikochi Dōinʼs Tōkaidō Bunkenezu, and Taniguchi Jūiʼs Azuma Kikō, which are the main reliance materials of that time. Further, through the analysis, we discussed one aspect of ordinary peopleʼs view against “Tōgoku” (literally eastern area in Japan) and mentioned that such a view aims to recognize unknown spaces rationally while they were still bounded by medieval sense of values. We conclude that Tōgoku Meishōshi is an extremely important work in the history of the geographical description of the Early Modern Period positioning in the development of the history of the bird's eye view-like figure of that time.

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