Hitomaru-eigu

Hitomaru-eigu (人丸影供) was a type of ritualistic waka composition popular in medieval Japan.

Name

Hitomaru-eigu are also known as Hitomaru-ku (人丸供),[1] Hitomaru-kuyō (人丸供養)[1] or Hitomaro-eigu (人麻呂影供).[1]

Ritual

Hitomaru-eigu involves the collective composition of waka in the form of an uta-awase or uta-kai (歌会)[1] dedicated to the spirit of Kakinomoto no Hitomaro,[2] who was revered as the patron saint of poetry.[2] It was performed before an image of Hitomaro.[3] Dedication of sake or flowers and incense could also be involved.[4]

History

The practice of Hitomaru-eigu flourished from the late Heian period[1] through the middle ages.[4] The first Hitomaru-eigu was held by Rokujō Akisue in 1118 after Hitomaro appeared before him in a dream.[5]

References

Citations

1. Daijirin 2006; Daijisen 1998 sfnm error: no target: CITEREFDaijisen1998 (help).
2. Daijisen 1998 sfnm error: no target: CITEREFDaijisen1998 (help).
3. Umino 2008, p. 188; Daijirin 2006.
4. Daijirin 2006.
5. Mostow 2014, p. 160.

Works cited

• "Hitomaru-eigu". Daijirin (in Japanese). Sanseidō. 2006. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
• "Hitomaru-eigu". Daijisen (in Japanese). Shogakukan. 1998. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
• Mostow, Joshua S. (2014). Courtly Visions: The Ise Stories and the Politics of Cultural Appropriation. 1. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-24485-6.
• Umino, Keisuke (2008). "Waka o tsutaeru seizoku: tekusuto, girei, za no sōgon o megutte". In Abe, Yasurō (ed.). Nihon ni Okeru Shūkyō Tekusuto no Sho-Isō to Tōji-hō: 'Tekusuto Fuchi no Kaishakugaku-teki Kenkyū to Kyōiku' Dai-yonkai Kokusai Kenkyū Shūkai Hōkokusho (PDF) (Report). Nagoya: Nagoya Daigaku Daigaku-in Bungaku Kenkyūka. pp. 188–198. Retrieved 2018-05-13.

External links

• Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Eigu-ki, a record of the first Hitomaru-eigu compiled by Fujiwara no Atsumitsu, scanned in the Suzuka Bunko on the Ehime University website.