This publication is a one-volume version of the complete annotated version of
Bunki-dan in typographical reprint published by the author in serial form in
Tsurumi Daigaku Kiyo 20-25. It is based on two versions of the text: the facsimile reproduction (Kicho Tosho Eihon Kankokai, 1935) of the copy in the Kikutei Collection of Kyoto University Library; and the facsimile reproduction (Yoshikawa Kobunkan, 1971) of the copy in the Fushiminomiya Collection of the Archives and Mausolea Department of the Imperial Household Agency (Kunaicho Shoryobu). It includes a bibliographical description of the source, a bibliography, explanatory notes, genealogical charts, and supplementary notes, all of which were in the original version, to which an index of names has been added.
Bunki-dan has been mentioned twice in this section of
Toyo Ongaku Kenkyu to date (see Issues 48 and 54). It is a collection of historical tales dealing with music, centring on the transmission of the
biwa, thought to have been completed in c 1272 by the priest Bunkibo Ryuen. Its purpose seems to have been to identify the position of the Nishi school of
biwa within the history of the music tradition, and to argue for the preeminence of Fujiwara no Takatoki (also Hosshinbo, eldest son of Fujiwara no Takamichi [1166-1237], earlier head of the Nishi school).
It is the first work of its kind dealing with music. Other collections of historical tales with sections dealing with music, such as
Kojidan and
Kokon Chomon-ju, include episodes in historical order, but they do not form a complete tale as a whole. It seems that Ryuen modeled his work on the historical tale
Okagami; by narrating history within the context of traditions (not only that of the
biwa, but also of other instruments and vocal genres), it brings together into a single strand the episodes to be found in fragmentary form in other sources. The 253 sections (in the Kikutei version) overlap with accounts in earlier sources dealing with music and other collections of tales, thus bringing new credibility to them. They are not inconsistent with accounts in later music compendia, such as
Kyokunsho, nor with the genealogies of transmission of the
biwa and
so.
It can be said that research on
Bunki-dan has been facilitated with the publication of the Fushiminomiya facsimile version with commentary in 1971, and of a typographical reprint of the Kikutei and Fushiminomiya versions with commentary by Hirabayashi Moritoku and Soma Mariko in 1988. Iwasa's annotated version is thus the first of what should be a number of works on
Bunki-dan. Her annotations are clear and concise, and demonstrate a wide reading of other music source materials. As the first annotated version, it is worthy of high praise. What we should hope for now is a complete annotation, one that undertakes a thorough comparative survey of contents of the musical compendia. With this we should be able to anticipate the completion of a reference source that lists all appearances of related episodes in all extant written sources.
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