On May 2019, 5, a public lecture "Umehana no Utage and Chikushi Kadan-Creation of Bunmasa-" will be practiced to learn the origin of the era and its expression world from the "Manyoshu" that was the source of the new era "Reiwa". It was held at the Women's University Shibuya Campus (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo).The instructor is Mieko Ikeda, a professor of Japanese literature (Director of the Faculty of Letters), who specializes in the study of Japanese literature (pre-Nara period literature) centered on the Manyoshu.
Manyoshu is the oldest surviving Japanese poetry collection, and it is the first time that the original issue derived from Japanese classics has been confirmed.In the lecture, Otomo no Tabi, a nobleman from the Nara period and the organizer of the "Plum Blossom Feast," wrote about the "Plum Blossom Song XNUMX Heads and Introduction" that became the source of the new era. , Explained in an easy-to-understand manner the world view that spreads in the works of Umekaka.
Professor Ikeda commented on the source of the new era, "Plum Blossoms, XNUMX Heads, and Introduction". Pointed out.By dubing the new frontiers and the creation of each direction Japan should take in the future, "The Reiwa of the new era is for a new Japan that must develop not only economically but also culturally. It's a suitable era. "
This course was held as part of a special program commemorating the 120th anniversary of the founding of Jissen Joshi Gakuen, and was attended by about 100 people.
