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), Hitomaru-kuyō (人丸供養) or Hitomaro-eigu (人麻呂影供).
Ritual
Hitomaru-eigu involves the collective composition of waka in the form of an uta-awase or uta-kai (歌会) dedicated to the spirit of Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, who was revered as the patron saint of poetry. It was performed before an image of Hitomaro. Dedication of sake or flowers and incense could also be involved.
History
The practice of Hitomaru-eigu flourished from the late Heian period through the middle ages. The first Hitomaru-eigu was held by Rokujō Akisue in 1118 after Hitomaro appeared before him in a dream.
References
Citations
- ^ Daijirin 2006; Daijisen 1998.
- ^ Daijisen 1998.
- Umino 2008, p. 188; Daijirin 2006.
- ^ Daijirin 2006.
- 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. Vol. 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.