THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE JAPANESE LITERATURE OF THE NARA AND EARLY HEIAN PERIODS AND POHAI LITERATURE

Abstract

　The present thesis aims at the comparison of the Japanese literature of the Nara and early Heian Periods (8 th c. mid 9 th c.) with the literature of the Pohai State founded in Korean Peninsula at the end of the 7th century. Through the concrete examples taken from the few remaining data, the writer proves that the literature of both countries were modeled after the Chinese one.