This paper examines anthologization in late nineteenth century in Japan, and has broad appeal to those studying concepts of authorship, the history of the publishing industry, archives and provenance, literary history, the study of fandom and fan culture, and Asian studies, in addition to the specific author and editors under discussion. The paper tells the story behind the canonization, via print media, of a major figure in Japanese literature, a seventeenth-century author generally unknown before the 1890s but who is now taught to students around the world and researched widely. Ihara Saikaku's collection of "complete works" (Kōtei Saikaku zenshū, or The Complete Edited Works of Saikaku, 1894) was the first of its genre in modern Japan and both reflected and influenced ongoing changes in Japanese conceptions of "the author" at a time of literary (and general) upheaval at the end of the nineteenth century. Saikaku's collection is remarkable for making provenance absolutely explicit and thus exposing the network of fans and collectors who made his popularization and canonization possible. This is a starting point for a discussion of the literary and social networks that are instrumental to canonization and the specific print communication channels they used, in this case, to disseminate their favorite author's works and ensure that he became a part of the conversation of what it meant to write modern Japanese literature at a pivotal moment in history.

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发明Saikaku：收藏家、出处和作者的社会创造

本文考察了日本 19 世纪后期的选集，对研究作者概念、出版业史、档案和出处、文学史、同人圈和同人文化研究以及亚洲研究的人具有广泛的吸引力。给正在讨论的特定作者和编辑。这篇论文讲述了通过印刷媒体将一位日本文学重要人物封圣背后的故事，这位 17 世纪的作家在 1890 年代之前通常不为人知，但现在他被传授给世界各地的学生并进行了广泛的研究。Ihara Saikaku 的“全集”（Kōtei Saikaku zenshū，或 The Complete Edited Works of Saikaku，1894 年）是现代日本的第一个流派，既反映并影响了日本“概念”的持续变化 s 的收藏非常了不起，因为它使出处绝对明确，从而暴露了粉丝和收藏家网络，他们使他的普及和经典化成为可能。这是讨论有助于经典化的文学和社交网络以及他们使用的特定印刷传播渠道的起点，在这种情况下，传播他们最喜欢的作者的作品并确保他成为对话的一部分它意味着在历史的关键时刻写现代日本文学。s 的收藏非常了不起，因为它使出处绝对明确，从而暴露了粉丝和收藏家网络，他们使他的普及和经典化成为可能。这是讨论有助于经典化的文学和社交网络以及他们使用的特定印刷传播渠道的起点，在这种情况下，传播他们最喜欢的作者的作品并确保他成为对话的一部分它意味着在历史的关键时刻写现代日本文学。