稗史

Japanese JLPT N1 Vocabulary Japanese ★ 1/5 formal はいしhaishi
読み はいし
ローマ字 haishi
漢字の分解 稗 (hai) — millet, minor/unofficial; 史 (shi) — history, chronicle
発音 /hai.ɕi/

意味

Unofficial history; a historical narrative that blends fact with fiction to tell stories outside the official record, particularly the lives of commoners.

A noun borrowed from Chinese literary tradition. The 稗 (millet, a minor grain) metaphorically suggests unofficial or secondary accounts, in contrast to 正史 (seishi, official dynastic history). 稗史 encompasses historical novels, fictional biographies, and popular narratives that illuminate what official histories omit. In Japan, it influenced the 時代小説 (historical fiction) genre and the tradition of storytelling from the perspective of ordinary people.

例文

  1. その作家は歴史の裏側に光を当てることを得意とし、多くの稗史を残した。
  2. 稗史の面白さは、正史に描かれない民衆の声が聞こえてくるところにある。
  3. 彼の代表作は稗史と正統な歴史小説の境界を巧みに揺らしていた。

使い方ガイド

場面: literary history, historical fiction, classical studies, criticism

トーン: scholarly

起源と歴史

From Chinese 稗史 (bǐshǐ), using 稗 (millet, an inferior grain) to symbolise unofficial narratives, as opposed to the authoritative histories represented by 正史.

文化的背景

時代: Classical to Edo

世代: Scholars

社会的背景: Educated

関連フレーズ

仮名 Kana; the Japanese phonetic syllabary comprising hiragana and katakana, developed from simplified Chinese characters. 侘び寂び Wabi-sabi; a Japanese aesthetic that finds beauty in imperfection, incompleteness, and transience. An appreciation for the humble, weathered, and irregular. 俳句 Haiku; a traditional Japanese poem of 17 syllables in three lines (5-7-5), typically evoking nature, a season, and a single vivid moment. 入門 Introduction; a primer or entry into a field of study. Also: the formal act of becoming a disciple under a master in a traditional art. 和歌 Waka; traditional Japanese poetry, particularly the tanka form with a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable structure. The classical poetic tradition of Japan as distinguished from Chinese verse. 和紙 Washi; traditional handmade Japanese paper crafted from plant fibres such as kozo (mulberry). A material central to Japanese literary, artistic, and cultural heritage. 四字熟語 A four-character idiom; a compound of four kanji forming a fixed idiomatic expression, often of Chinese origin. Known in English as yojijukugo. 常用漢字 Jōyō kanji; the official list of commonly used Chinese characters in contemporary Japanese.
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