in English The main topic of this thesis is the co-called Five Mountains literature (Gozan bungak... more in English The main topic of this thesis is the co-called Five Mountains literature (Gozan bungaku), a collection of literary works by Japanese medieval Zen monks written in literary Chinese. This dissertation thesis focuses predominantly on the development of themes and stylistic characteristics of poetry by Gido Shushin and Zekkai Chushin. The focus lays on the stylistic and thematic differences between the works of the aforementioned poets, on the ongoing secularization of the poetic production of the Zen monks and on the influence they exerted over the later generations. Their literary contacts with the poets writing in Japanese will also be discussed
Vít Ulman Odraz změn japonsko-čínských kulturních vztahů ve sbírkách Šókenkó a Bingašú Abstrakt H... more Vít Ulman Odraz změn japonsko-čínských kulturních vztahů ve sbírkách Šókenkó a Bingašú Abstrakt Hlavním tématem této diplomové práce je otázka změny přístupu japonských středověkých mnichů-básníků k čínské kultuře mezi čínskými dynastiemi Yuan a Ming viděné skrze básnické sbírky Bingašú opata Sessona Júbaie a Šókenkó opata Zekkaie Čúšina. Součástí této práce jsou jejich krátké životopisy. Těžištěm této práce je však analýza reprezentativního vzorku jejich básní.Vít Ulman Reflection of Changes in Japanese-Chinese Cultural Relations in Shōkenkō and Bingashū Anthologies Abstract The main topic of this master thesis is the change in the approach to Chinese culture of Japanese medieval monk-poets as seen through the Bingashu and Shokenko anthologies written by the abbots Sesson Yubai and Zekkai Chushin. This work contains their short biographies. However, the main part of this thesis consists of an analysis of their representative poems.Institute of East Asian StudiesÚstav Dálného východ...
The main topic of this thesis is Japanese literature written in Chinese from the beginnings of Ja... more The main topic of this thesis is Japanese literature written in Chinese from the beginnings of Japanese literature to year 1600. It contains short descriptons of important literary works. It focuses on Sugawara no Michizane nad his works. The main aim of this work is to create an introduction to this in the Czech Republic almost neglected part of Japanese literary tradition and to show its richness and main characteristics
This paper is based on a short period of fieldwork undertaken on the island of Tsushima in August... more This paper is based on a short period of fieldwork undertaken on the island of Tsushima in August 2018. During this fieldwork, two sites in northern Tsushima were chosen to ascertain about the present state of the dialect and the most salient features of its grammar and vocabulary. The two sites which were chosen for the research, Ōura and Sago, showed a great difference in their current status of the dialect. Although Ōura has proven to be mostly devoid of speakers of the traditional dialect, there are also clear signs of a new mixed dialect being created that contains a mixture of Standard Japanese and the local dialect with its predominant general western Japanese features. The village of Sago has proven to be a more promising site where the traditional dialect is still in use. The paper discusses some of the dialect's basic features in both morphosyntax and vocabulary. Material in this paper has been mostly taken from the recordings of the inhabitants' natural speech, and in some cases from questioning and elicitation.
This paper focuses mainly on possible linguistic areas in East Asia, or more precisely on the hyp... more This paper focuses mainly on possible linguistic areas in East Asia, or more precisely on the hypothetical linguistic area consisting of Japanese, Korean, and Manchu. It remains agnostic towards the existence of the hypothetical Altaic language family and instead focuses on the possible contact-induced similarities shared by the aforementioned languages. This paper presents a macrotypological overview of the relative typological difference between these languages, and then follows by presenting two areas of mor-phosyntax where the search for contact-induced features seems the most fruitful: case markers and complex predicates.
This paper is based on a short fieldwork undertaken in the island of Tsushima in August 2018. Dur... more This paper is based on a short fieldwork undertaken in the island of Tsushima in August 2018. During this fieldwork, two sites in northern Tsushima were chosen to ascertain what the state of the dialect is at present and what its most salient features in its grammar and vocabulary are. The two sites which were chosen showed a great difference in the current status of the dialect. the first site named Ōura has proven to be mostly devoid of speakers of the traditional dialect. However, there are clear signs of a new interdialect being created that contains a mixture of the standard Japanese and the local dialect mostly containing broadly western Japanese features. The village of Sago has proven to be a more promising site where the traditional dialect is still in use. Some of its basic features in both morphosyntax and vocabulary are discussed in this paper. Material in this paper has been mostly taken from the recordings of natural speech of the inhabitants and in some cases from questioning and elicitation.
The main purpose of this article is to elucidate the changes in the approach to the cultural rela... more The main purpose of this article is to elucidate the changes in the approach to the cultural relations between Japan and China as seen through the literary output of Sesson Yūbai and Zekkai Chūshin. After a brief introduction to the cultural environment of the Gozan monasteries, which is necessary for better understanding of the processes the Gozan literature was undergoing at that time, the author will endeavour to explain the main differences between the poetry of Sesson Yūbai and Zekkai Chūshin. Basic statistic information will be given to quantify different genres and types of poetry appearing in their poetic anthologies. Afterwards, some concrete examples of their poetry will be analysed to better illustrate the reasoning behind the conclusions given in the last part of the paper. Finally, the author will attempt to explain why the differences between the poetry of Sesson and Zekkai appear to be personal, rather than systemic, and why the approach to the Chinese culture didn't change during the time between the Yuan and Ming dynasties.
The main topic of this paper is the ancient language of the state of Koguryo, one of the three st... more The main topic of this paper is the ancient language of the state of Koguryo, one of the three states vying for dominance in the Korean peninsula during the first millennium CE. Even though this language is very badly attested, there have been attempts to analyse it and link it to other languages, the best-known work on this topic is most probably Christopher I. Beckwith's book Koguryo: The Language of Japan's Continental Relatives. This book contains a wide-ranging analysis of the extant material focusing on the possible connection to the Japanese language, but it has been criticized for being flawed in some respects. This paper critically reviews Beckwith's book while attempting an independent analysis of the extant material from the Korean chronicle Samguk Sagi. The material consisting of old place-names from the Korean peninsula is being closely scrutinized, taking into account mainly the geographic distribution and the frequency in which the cognates to the Japanese language appear. The aim of the paper is to try to answer the following questions: Is it possible to say that the language attested in Samguk Sagi is related to Japanese? Is it the Koguryo language? Is it actually only one language?
The main purpose of this article is to describe and analyze Sesson Yūbai's long poem Minzanka 岷 山... more The main purpose of this article is to describe and analyze Sesson Yūbai's long poem Minzanka 岷 山歌 1 and compare it to poems in Japanese written around the same time -from the 12 th to the 15 th century. In this paper the author will focus mostly on longer compositions, although comparison to waka poetry will be also drawn.
This paper describes Japanese Zen monk Sesson Yūbai's (1290-1347) long poem Minzanka written in C... more This paper describes Japanese Zen monk Sesson Yūbai's (1290-1347) long poem Minzanka written in Chinese, especially focusing on the way its formal properties influence the way in which natural phenomena are described in it. Afterwards, these stylistic features are contrasted with Japanese language poetry of the period, including waka, renga, and wakan renku forms, and also with Tsurezuregusa, a prosaic Medieval Japanese text. The full working translation of Minzanka is included in the paper.
This paper focuses on the Japanese dialectal varieties from the island of Tsushima located in the... more This paper focuses on the Japanese dialectal varieties from the island of Tsushima located in the Korean Strait. It is meant as a continuation of a preceding article titled ‘The current state of the Tsushima dialect’ . It aims further elucidate the situation of the Tsushima dialectal varieties primarily using material gathered during the second fieldwork trip to Tsushima undertaken in 2019. Several different sites located in various parts of Tsushima were visited in the course of the fieldwork. The paper describes not only the current linguistic situation of the Tsushima island, but also key morphosyntactic features of the local varieties, and specific vocabulary gathered from the individual sites.
This paper mainly focuses on possible linguistic areas in East Asia, or more precisely on the hyp... more This paper mainly focuses on possible linguistic areas in East Asia, or more precisely on the hypothetical linguistic area consisting of Japanese, Korean and Manchu. This paper remains agnostic towards the existence of the hypothetical Altaic language family and instead focuses on the possible contact induced similarities shared by the aforementioned languages. This paper presents a macrotypological overview of the relative typological difference between these languages, and then follows by presenting two areas of morphosyntax where the search after the contact induced features seem the most fruitful: case markers and complex predicates.
in English The main topic of this thesis is the co-called Five Mountains literature (Gozan bungak... more in English The main topic of this thesis is the co-called Five Mountains literature (Gozan bungaku), a collection of literary works by Japanese medieval Zen monks written in literary Chinese. This dissertation thesis focuses predominantly on the development of themes and stylistic characteristics of poetry by Gido Shushin and Zekkai Chushin. The focus lays on the stylistic and thematic differences between the works of the aforementioned poets, on the ongoing secularization of the poetic production of the Zen monks and on the influence they exerted over the later generations. Their literary contacts with the poets writing in Japanese will also be discussed
Vít Ulman Odraz změn japonsko-čínských kulturních vztahů ve sbírkách Šókenkó a Bingašú Abstrakt H... more Vít Ulman Odraz změn japonsko-čínských kulturních vztahů ve sbírkách Šókenkó a Bingašú Abstrakt Hlavním tématem této diplomové práce je otázka změny přístupu japonských středověkých mnichů-básníků k čínské kultuře mezi čínskými dynastiemi Yuan a Ming viděné skrze básnické sbírky Bingašú opata Sessona Júbaie a Šókenkó opata Zekkaie Čúšina. Součástí této práce jsou jejich krátké životopisy. Těžištěm této práce je však analýza reprezentativního vzorku jejich básní.Vít Ulman Reflection of Changes in Japanese-Chinese Cultural Relations in Shōkenkō and Bingashū Anthologies Abstract The main topic of this master thesis is the change in the approach to Chinese culture of Japanese medieval monk-poets as seen through the Bingashu and Shokenko anthologies written by the abbots Sesson Yubai and Zekkai Chushin. This work contains their short biographies. However, the main part of this thesis consists of an analysis of their representative poems.Institute of East Asian StudiesÚstav Dálného východ...
The main topic of this thesis is Japanese literature written in Chinese from the beginnings of Ja... more The main topic of this thesis is Japanese literature written in Chinese from the beginnings of Japanese literature to year 1600. It contains short descriptons of important literary works. It focuses on Sugawara no Michizane nad his works. The main aim of this work is to create an introduction to this in the Czech Republic almost neglected part of Japanese literary tradition and to show its richness and main characteristics
This paper is based on a short period of fieldwork undertaken on the island of Tsushima in August... more This paper is based on a short period of fieldwork undertaken on the island of Tsushima in August 2018. During this fieldwork, two sites in northern Tsushima were chosen to ascertain about the present state of the dialect and the most salient features of its grammar and vocabulary. The two sites which were chosen for the research, Ōura and Sago, showed a great difference in their current status of the dialect. Although Ōura has proven to be mostly devoid of speakers of the traditional dialect, there are also clear signs of a new mixed dialect being created that contains a mixture of Standard Japanese and the local dialect with its predominant general western Japanese features. The village of Sago has proven to be a more promising site where the traditional dialect is still in use. The paper discusses some of the dialect's basic features in both morphosyntax and vocabulary. Material in this paper has been mostly taken from the recordings of the inhabitants' natural speech, and in some cases from questioning and elicitation.
This paper focuses mainly on possible linguistic areas in East Asia, or more precisely on the hyp... more This paper focuses mainly on possible linguistic areas in East Asia, or more precisely on the hypothetical linguistic area consisting of Japanese, Korean, and Manchu. It remains agnostic towards the existence of the hypothetical Altaic language family and instead focuses on the possible contact-induced similarities shared by the aforementioned languages. This paper presents a macrotypological overview of the relative typological difference between these languages, and then follows by presenting two areas of mor-phosyntax where the search for contact-induced features seems the most fruitful: case markers and complex predicates.
This paper is based on a short fieldwork undertaken in the island of Tsushima in August 2018. Dur... more This paper is based on a short fieldwork undertaken in the island of Tsushima in August 2018. During this fieldwork, two sites in northern Tsushima were chosen to ascertain what the state of the dialect is at present and what its most salient features in its grammar and vocabulary are. The two sites which were chosen showed a great difference in the current status of the dialect. the first site named Ōura has proven to be mostly devoid of speakers of the traditional dialect. However, there are clear signs of a new interdialect being created that contains a mixture of the standard Japanese and the local dialect mostly containing broadly western Japanese features. The village of Sago has proven to be a more promising site where the traditional dialect is still in use. Some of its basic features in both morphosyntax and vocabulary are discussed in this paper. Material in this paper has been mostly taken from the recordings of natural speech of the inhabitants and in some cases from questioning and elicitation.
The main purpose of this article is to elucidate the changes in the approach to the cultural rela... more The main purpose of this article is to elucidate the changes in the approach to the cultural relations between Japan and China as seen through the literary output of Sesson Yūbai and Zekkai Chūshin. After a brief introduction to the cultural environment of the Gozan monasteries, which is necessary for better understanding of the processes the Gozan literature was undergoing at that time, the author will endeavour to explain the main differences between the poetry of Sesson Yūbai and Zekkai Chūshin. Basic statistic information will be given to quantify different genres and types of poetry appearing in their poetic anthologies. Afterwards, some concrete examples of their poetry will be analysed to better illustrate the reasoning behind the conclusions given in the last part of the paper. Finally, the author will attempt to explain why the differences between the poetry of Sesson and Zekkai appear to be personal, rather than systemic, and why the approach to the Chinese culture didn't change during the time between the Yuan and Ming dynasties.
The main topic of this paper is the ancient language of the state of Koguryo, one of the three st... more The main topic of this paper is the ancient language of the state of Koguryo, one of the three states vying for dominance in the Korean peninsula during the first millennium CE. Even though this language is very badly attested, there have been attempts to analyse it and link it to other languages, the best-known work on this topic is most probably Christopher I. Beckwith's book Koguryo: The Language of Japan's Continental Relatives. This book contains a wide-ranging analysis of the extant material focusing on the possible connection to the Japanese language, but it has been criticized for being flawed in some respects. This paper critically reviews Beckwith's book while attempting an independent analysis of the extant material from the Korean chronicle Samguk Sagi. The material consisting of old place-names from the Korean peninsula is being closely scrutinized, taking into account mainly the geographic distribution and the frequency in which the cognates to the Japanese language appear. The aim of the paper is to try to answer the following questions: Is it possible to say that the language attested in Samguk Sagi is related to Japanese? Is it the Koguryo language? Is it actually only one language?
The main purpose of this article is to describe and analyze Sesson Yūbai's long poem Minzanka 岷 山... more The main purpose of this article is to describe and analyze Sesson Yūbai's long poem Minzanka 岷 山歌 1 and compare it to poems in Japanese written around the same time -from the 12 th to the 15 th century. In this paper the author will focus mostly on longer compositions, although comparison to waka poetry will be also drawn.
This paper describes Japanese Zen monk Sesson Yūbai's (1290-1347) long poem Minzanka written in C... more This paper describes Japanese Zen monk Sesson Yūbai's (1290-1347) long poem Minzanka written in Chinese, especially focusing on the way its formal properties influence the way in which natural phenomena are described in it. Afterwards, these stylistic features are contrasted with Japanese language poetry of the period, including waka, renga, and wakan renku forms, and also with Tsurezuregusa, a prosaic Medieval Japanese text. The full working translation of Minzanka is included in the paper.
This paper focuses on the Japanese dialectal varieties from the island of Tsushima located in the... more This paper focuses on the Japanese dialectal varieties from the island of Tsushima located in the Korean Strait. It is meant as a continuation of a preceding article titled ‘The current state of the Tsushima dialect’ . It aims further elucidate the situation of the Tsushima dialectal varieties primarily using material gathered during the second fieldwork trip to Tsushima undertaken in 2019. Several different sites located in various parts of Tsushima were visited in the course of the fieldwork. The paper describes not only the current linguistic situation of the Tsushima island, but also key morphosyntactic features of the local varieties, and specific vocabulary gathered from the individual sites.
This paper mainly focuses on possible linguistic areas in East Asia, or more precisely on the hyp... more This paper mainly focuses on possible linguistic areas in East Asia, or more precisely on the hypothetical linguistic area consisting of Japanese, Korean and Manchu. This paper remains agnostic towards the existence of the hypothetical Altaic language family and instead focuses on the possible contact induced similarities shared by the aforementioned languages. This paper presents a macrotypological overview of the relative typological difference between these languages, and then follows by presenting two areas of morphosyntax where the search after the contact induced features seem the most fruitful: case markers and complex predicates.
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