Man'yō Shikō
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The Man'yō Shikō (万葉私考) is a 10-volume commentary on the Man'yōshū written by the kokugaku scholar Miyaji Haruki (宮地春樹).
The Man'yō Shikō is a commentary on the Man'yōshū, an eighth-century anthology of waka poetry,[1] by Miyaji Haruki,[1] an Edo period kokugaku scholar,[2] Confucianist,[2] retainer of Tosa Domain,[2] and student of Nishiyori Seisai,[2] Motoori Norinaga,[3] and Hagiwara Sōko.[2]
Writing
The Man'yō Shikō had its beginnings in the Haruki's personally-annotated copy (書入本 kakiire-bon) of the Man'yōshū,[1] which he had completed on the 17th day of the fifth month of Tenmei 4 (4 July 1784 in the Gregorian calendar).[1] A week or so later he set to work on a rewrite of these notes with a preface (第一冊識語 dai-issatsu shikigo).[1] He died of illness in the fourth month of the following year,[3] with his commentary incomplete.[1] He was 58 years old, by Japanese reckoning.[2]