Japanese Classical Literature Research and Disability History Studies

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  • 障害史研究（Disability History Studies）のための日本古典文学研究序説
  • ショウガイシ ケンキュウ(Disability History Studies)ノ タメ ノ ニホン コテン ブンガク ケンキュウ ジョセツ

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This paper examines the relationship between studies into Japanese classic literature and disability history research. In it, we discuss the use and meaning of kyo (狂) “mad/madness”. We see two uses of “madness” in Japanese literature. One is the “madness” seen in terms such as kyogen (狂言) and kyoken (狂狷), and then there is the sort of “madness” found with fukyo (風狂) “insanity” and kyoki (狂気) “insanity/madness”. The final form of madness, kyoki, has often been associated with “creation” or “creativity”, but in order to pursue this line of study in greater depth, further research into biographical studies of Japanese literature is needed.

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  • 障害史研究

    障害史研究 1 1-14, 2020-03-25

    Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University

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