近江朝 以前의 文學과 政治 — 文學을 중심으로 —

Abstract

The Writer has pursued this study on aspects of literature and politics before the Omi Dynasty (A.D.667～672) through the sociological viewpoint. The research findings have derived the following conclusions after examining literature and history of Nintoku Dynasty regarded as the dawning of the Japanese literature, relation between Kikipoems and Manyoshu’s poems, and historical circumstances revealed in earlier Manyoshu’s poems. Korean people moved to Japan in Ancient Korea played an important role from historical sociologic point a view on literature and politics before the Omi Dynasty. The emigrants from ancient Korea were experts in Chinese literature and they transferred Chinese characters to Japan. The emigrants especially played an active part in scholarship and literature in ancient Japan. The emigrants had sophisticated viewpoint on literature which is obtained from the continuous contact with a continent. They contributed to creation and development of Manyoshu’s poems, expedited the progress of Waka regarded as a lyric poem, and performed a primary role in politics. In addition, the study shows that it was these emigrants who had talent in Chinese literature and writing that recorded Waka and transmitted it to descendants during the earlier Manyoshu’s poems when oral, descriptive, and common poems were developed into documentary, lyric, and personal poems. Moreover, the emigrants had close relevance to the court, wrote poems on behalf of the court, and sometimes wrote poems for other people. As a result, from the fact that creation, development, and transmission of poems including the Manyoshu’s poems were almost accomplished by the emigrants from Ancient Korea who were excellent in Chinese literature and writing, as well as the fact that the emigrants closely related to the court, the study clearly shows that the emigrants had great influence on literature and politics before the Omni Dynasty and examining Japan literature and politics without the emigrants’contributions isn’t reasonable.