Genji-monogatari-uchi-giki, a commentary on
The Tale of Genji and held in the Tenri Central Library, was originally thought to be a manuscript drafted by Kitamura-Kigin based on lectures from his master Mikata-Joan. In the literature, it is dated before
Kogetsushō, and was thought to have influenced that work.
This paper shows that this manuscript was in fact written by Kitamura-Suetō, Kigin’s grandson, under the supervision of Kigin as a text annotating the printed version of
Kogetsushō, and as such was produced after
Kogetsushō.
Also, examining the text found on the reverse of the manuscript folios, this paper notes that this text contains annotations to the printed book
Ise-monogatari-shūsui-shō, indicating the possibility that similar annotations to other printed commentaries by Kigin had been produced while Kigin was still alive.
This paper looks at other materials with the names of Koshun, Masatatsu, and Suetō—Kigin’s descendants—included in their colophons, giving a glimpse into the classical studies of the Kitamura family, and demonstrating the importance of the
Genji-monogatari-uchi-giki manuscript as a resource to understand the classical studies of Kitamura-Kigin and his descendants.
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