『師友志』로 보는 근세 일본 문인 라이 슌스이(頼春水)의 교유망

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the reality of a literary friendship network in the 18th century, by paying attention to 『Shiyushi (師友志)』(1828), a Confucian scholar Rai Shunsui, a Confucian scholar in the late Edo period. 『Shiyushi』 is a documentary that focuses on the personal relationship of the Confucian scholar Shunsui, that is, the relationship between the priest and the fellowship as indicated in the title, and a total of 52 writers appear in the text. In this paper, first of all, we examine the personal history of Shunsui, and confirm the writing intention that Shunsui wanted to convey through the 『Shiyushi』. In addition, the linear descriptions of writers in 『Shiyushi』 were classified into person information and objective and subjective evaluation information, and the characteristics of writers shared by Shunsui were also specifically considered. Through this, it was possible to confirm the various networks of education that appeared throughout the life history of Shunsui and the evaluation of Shunsui for them. In particular, the fact that he had acquaintance with doctors, monks, painters, merchants, calligraphers, geographers, etc. It was possible to illuminate the characteristics of modern Japanese literary society different from China and Joseon. It is expected that the discussion in this paper will provide an opportunity to deepen the study of modern Japanese writers in the 18th and 19th centuries by introducing the Edo period Confucianist Rai Shunsui, and examining the literary network centered on him.