Synthetic researches on early Yomihon-novels of the Edo period

从不同角度考察了18世纪下半叶主要由知识分子创作的早期《聊斋志异》小说，获得了以下新认识。研究中国古典文学的早期中日文学读物小说受到17世纪楚人史论散文的强烈影响，研究日本经学的早期日本古典读物小说被认为是与散文、游记、书信等并驾齐驱的日本文言文创作的试金石之一。此外，思想题材比早期读物小说减少，随着作者年龄的下降，观赏性增加。

The early Yomihon-novels mainly written by the intellectual in the second half of the 18th century were examined from various viewpoints, and the following new knowledge was acquired. The early Yomihon-novels of literary Japanese and Chinese written by the authors who made a study of the Chinese classics had the strong influence from the historical essay of the doctrines-of-Chu-tzu person in 17th century, and the early Yomihon-novels of classical Japanese written by the authors who made a study of the Japanese classic were considered for them as one of the trials of various creative writings of classical Japanese on a par with essays, accounts of the trip, letters, etc. Moreover, an ideological theme decreased from the early Yomihon-novels, and the enjoyableness increased as the author's generation went down.