Ritual, Aesthetics, and Handwriting: Collaborative Poetry in Contemporary Japan

仪式、美学和笔迹：当代日本的合作诗歌

• 批准号: 439377723
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Jörg B. Quenzer
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Centre for the Studies of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC)
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2019-12-31 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/439377723?language=en
• 关键词: Ritual; Aesthetics; Handwriting; Collaborative; Poetry

Japanese linked poetry (renga), a form of collaborative poetry, emerges in a ritual setting, whereby several members of a group alternately contribute verses to what then results in a greater common poetic work. The written recording of the verses is part of the ritual process of emergence, and moreover, after the ritual often more copies are produced, some of which are then being dedicated as a votive offering (hônô) to a shrine or a temple. Renga was practiced in Japan for more than half a millennium. The modernization from the middle of the 19th century onwards lead to a rupture of the tradition, with probably one exception. In the 1980s, revival movements began to take shape. As a result of their activities, renga is being practiced again all over Japan. Neither the circles that have been formed in the course of these revival movements nor their written products have hitherto been dealt with in research. The aim of this project is to investigate this “invented tradition” (which is always made transparent as such by its members), its practices and selfpositioning against the background of the literary, material and performative aspects of the tradition. This seems especially rewarding, as in contemporary renga a co-existence of traditional handwritten recording with modern communication media can be observed. The project will explore the function of handwritten, printed and digital products and thereby also contribute to the understanding of the persistence of handwriting in a modern society.

日本的连诗（renga）是一种合作的诗歌形式，出现在一个仪式的背景下，一个团体的几个成员轮流贡献诗句，然后形成一个更大的共同诗歌作品。经文的书面记录是出现的仪式过程的一部分，而且，在仪式之后，通常会产生更多的副本，其中一些然后作为献祭献给神社或寺庙（hônô）。Renga在日本已经有50多年的历史了。从19世纪中叶开始的现代化导致了传统的破裂，可能只有一个例外。20世纪80年代，复兴运动开始形成。由于他们的活动，日本各地又开始练习轮舞了。无论是在这些复兴运动过程中形成的圈子，还是他们的书面产品，迄今为止都没有在研究中加以处理。这个项目的目的是调查这种“发明的传统”（它总是被其成员透明），它的实践和自我定位在传统的文学、材料和表演方面的背景下。这似乎特别有益，因为在当代renga中，可以观察到传统手写记录与现代通信媒体的共存。该项目将探索手写、印刷和数字产品的功能，从而有助于理解现代社会中手写的持久性。