Kikan Ikeda and the Vitalism of the Taishō Period: A Scholar of Japanese Literature Torn between Objectivity and Subjectivity

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  • 大正期を生きた池田亀鑑
  • 大正期を生きた池田亀鑑 : 「知」と「感」の相克の背景
  • タイショウキ オ イキタ イケダ キカン : 「 チ 」 ト 「 カン 」 ノ ソウコク ノ ハイケイ
  • ――「知」と「感」の相克の背景――

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<p>Kikan Ikeda is a scholar of Japanese literature known for his objective method of philology which culminated in Genji-monogatari-taisei. In spite of the image of a strict methodological philologist, however, he made very subjective interpretations on the court ladies' dairies of the Heian Period in his first major work Kyūtei-joryū-nikki-bungaku. His dual identity as a detached philologist and an impressionistic critic was formed under the subtle yet decisive influence of the Vitalist movement of the Taishō Period, a cultural phenomenon which was very influential in the fields of philosophy, art, literature, and politics.</p>

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