遺作

• 読み: いさく
• ローマ字: isaku
• 漢字の分解: 遺 (i) — to leave behind, bequeath | 作 (saku) — work, creation
• 発音: /i.sa.kɯ/

意味

Posthumous work; a creative work left behind after the creator's death, often unfinished or unpublished during their lifetime.

A noun combining 遺 (to leave behind after death) and 作 (work, creation). 遺作 can refer to an artist's final completed work, an unfinished piece completed or edited by others, or works discovered and published after death. In literary and musical circles, posthumous works often attract intense scholarly interest as they may reveal the creator's final thoughts or unresolved artistic directions.

例文

1. 作曲家が未完のまま世を去り、その遺作は弟子によって丁寧に仕上げられた。
2. 遺作として発表されたその短編集には、晩年の研ぎ澄まされた境地がにじみ出ていた。
3. 彼の遺作展には多くのファンが集まり、その早すぎる死を惜しんだ。

使い方ガイド

場面: art criticism, literary history, music, biography

トーン: solemn

起源と歴史

Compound of 遺 (i) meaning 'to bequeath, to leave behind' and 作 (saku) meaning 'work, creation'. The character 遺 is used in funerary and inheritance contexts, giving the compound its association with death and legacy.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated