Heian Period Series: Overview INTRODUCTION
The 16 kana literarary works listed below are made publically available as Heian Period Series within the Corpus of Historical Japanese. In addition to the "readings" (pronunciations), part-of-speech classifications, and other morphological information annotated in all of the texts, distinctions between prose, dialogue, and poetry are annotated, and in the particular case of the Genji Monogatari, the identity of the speaker is also annotated for dialogue. Note that the language in the corpus is the original language of the classical texts, and modern translations are not provided.
Texts
All the texts in the Heian Period Series are based on the Shinpen Nihon Koten Bungaku Zenshū(Shogakukan Publishing), JapanKnowledge.
Works comprising the corpus
- Kokin Waka-shū 古今和歌集
- Tosa Nikki 土佐日記
- Taketori Monogatari 竹取物語
- Ise Monogatari 伊勢物語
- Ochikubo Monogatari 落窪物語
- Yamato Monogatari 大和物語
- Makura no Sōshi 枕草子
- Genji Monogatari 源氏物語
- Murasaki Shikibu Nikki 紫式部日記
- Izumi Shikibu Nikki 和泉式部日記
- Heichū Monogatari 平中物語
- Tsutsumi Chūnagon Monogatari 堤中納言物語
- Sarashina Nikki 更級日記
- Sanuki no Suke Nikki 讃岐典侍日記
- Kagerō Nikki 蜻蛉日記
- Ōkagami 大鏡
Overview / Annotation Guidelines
Please read before using.
- · Overview of the Morphological Information in the Heian Period Series from the Corpus of Historical Japanese (CHJ)
- · Annotation Guidelines for the Morphological Information in the Heian Period Series from the Corpus of Historical Japanese (CHJ)
Link to the Shinpen Nihon Koten Bungaku Zenshū in JapanKnowledge
We have established a link from the Corpus of Historical Japanese, Heian Period Series to the Shinpen Nihon Koten Bungaku Zenshū (Shogakukan) in JapanKnowledge.
From any entry in the list of examples in the search results from the online search application Chunagon, it is now possible to jump directly to the corresponding page in the Shinpen Nihon Koten Bungaku Zenshū in JapanKnowledge, which contains the source text, a Modern Japanese translation, and footnotes. Users can refer to translations and notes while they analyze Classical Japanese language through corpora.
Note for users
Presentations of research results using the Corpus of Historical Japanese must include a citation taking the general form of the example below (with appropriate modifications depending on the version and the date of access):
- National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (Fujiike, Yumi; Sunaga, Tetsuya; Ikegami, Nao; et al.) (eds.) (2016) "Corpus of Historical Japanese, Heian Period Series." (Short Unit Word data 1.1 / Long Unit Word data 1.1, Chunagon version 2.2.1）https://ccd.ninjal.ac.jp/chj/heian.html (accessed October, 26, 2016).
* As long as one of either the version or the date of access is clearly cited, the other can be omitted, as below:
- National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (2016) "Corpus of Historical Japanese, Heian Period Series." https://ccd.ninjal.ac.jp/chj/heian.html (accessed October 26, 2016).
- National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (2016) "Corpus of Historical Japanese, Heian Period Series." (Short Unit Word data 1.1 / Long Unit Word data 1.1) https://ccd.ninjal.ac.jp/chj/heian.html
Users will need to access the Corpus of Historical Japanese through the online search engine Chunagon. Completion of a Users Licensing Agreement is required.
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Development Staff
- Developers
- Fujiike, Yumi; Sunaga, Tetsuya; Ikegami, Nao (Adjunct Researcher)
- Assisting in Development
- Ogiso, Toshinobu (Associate Professor); Tanaka, Makirō (Invited Scholar, The National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics; Professor, Meiji University); Kondō, Yasuhiro (Invited Scholar, The National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics; Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University)
- Kōno, Tomoaki (Postdoctoral Research Fellow)
- Kawase, Akihiro (Adjunct Researcher)
- Okamoto, Yūko; Takida, Yūko; Katayama, Kurumi; Watanabe, Ayumi (Technical Staff)
* Titles are current with the time of development.
The corpus compilation was supported by the "Design for a Diachronic Corpus" (2009-2016) project and the "Construction of Diachronic Corpora and New Developments in Research on the History of Japanese" (2016-) project.
