Abstract
"FUNANIFUNE RENGA" is a rare historical manuscript preserved in the collection of the Sagami Women’s University Library. No reference can be found to this work in either the “KOKUSYO SOUMOKUROKU” (Iwanami Shoten), the “KOTENSEKI SOUMOKUROKU” (Iwanami Shoten), or the “RENGA OUMOKUROKU”. Likewise, no corresponding copies of "FUNANIFUNE RENGA" have ever been made public. While possible that a copy may exist in a private collection, it is very likely that the Sagami Women’s University manuscript is the only one in existence. Beyond its distinction as a unique surviving document, in estimation of what can be learned through the writings of the early-modern Sagara family, "FUNANIFUNE RENGA" can indeed be considered a valuable reference and highly significant work.
