일본 근세 지식인의 ‘풍경’ 인식 고찰 : 스즈키 보쿠시(鈴木牧之)의 『호쿠에쓰셋푸(北越雪譜)』를 중심으로

Abstract

In this thesis, we have examined the unique perception of ‘snow' that was born out of the local characteristics of Echigo, which is the stage of Hokuetsu Seppu by Bokushi Suzuki, and compared it with the characteristics of the ‘landscape’ described in the travel records of the time through the description of the ‘landscape’ in the life of local people recorded in Hokuetsu Seppu in an effort to identify the difference. The author Bokushi Suzuki, who was born at Shiozawa of Echigo in the 7th year of Meiwa, possessed talents in various fields and had an exchange with the first-rate writers of the time. In his consciousness, there was an awareness that it was not easy for towns people to understand the nature of local “customs" only through their trips. Therefore, through Hokuetsu Seppu, he tried to convey the real story of the people living in Echigo, the Snow Country, overcoming the ‘snow' to the people of Edo. He stated that the ‘snow’ mentioned in Japanese poetry is very different from the ‘snow’ that is found in daily life of local people, and explained the difference in the ‘snow’ imagined in the cities and the ‘snow’ actually experienced in the snow country through various tales and by quoting a number of examples. This story of Bokushi Suzuki appeals to towns people to have a genuine understanding of snow country, and is intended to urge towns people to know the real situation of the snow country where he was born and grew himself. When traveling to places of interest appearing in Japanese poetry, we often recall the sentiment of the poet who wrote the poems trying to sympathize with him or her, and when visiting a historical battle ground, we often mourn for the persons who died in the battle. However, on such visits of tourist attractions, we are often prone to just check the sites to add them on our list of famous places we have visited. We pay too much attention to the landscape that served as the background of historical works and miss the true landscape of the village we visit. Bokushi Suzuki claims that travelers need to look into the lives of the local people who actually live there. Such a travel has the character of a pleasure trip for the modern intellectuals, but Bokushi Suzuki wanted them to see the people living in the back of the ‘landscape' and wanted to convey the image of the people in the snow country who are fighting with the ‘snow’ in their everyday life to the towns people.