A Text-Oriented Comparative Study on the Handwritten Manuscripts of <i>Genji-monogatari</i>

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  • 『源氏物語』諸本の解読とテクスト論
  • ゲンジ モノガタリ ショホン ノ カイドク ト テクストロン

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<p>Most text-oriented critics think it necessary to compare a classical text with its different versions to understand what literature was in the age of handwriting. But in so doing they have to adjust differences in form between the original text and its handwritten manuscripts so as to more effectively compare them with each other. When I comparatively studied the “Wakamurasaki” Chapter of Genji-monogatari and that of the Yômei-bunko edition with such formal adjustment, I could clearly see how the original text was modified through the process of handwriting.</p>

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