紀行文

Japanese JLPT N1 Vocabulary Japanese ★★ 2/5 formal きこうぶんkikoubun
読み きこうぶん
ローマ字 kikoubun
漢字の分解 紀 (ki) — record, chronicle; 行 (kou) — travel, go; 文 (bun) — text, writing, composition
発音 /ki.koː.bɯɴ/

意味

Travel essay; travelogue; a literary work recording experiences, observations, and reflections from a journey.

A noun for a genre of Japanese prose writing that combines travel narrative with literary reflection. Distinguished from a mere travel diary, the 紀行文 is shaped by aesthetic sensibility — the author selects and renders experience through a literary lens. Matsuo Bashō's Oku no Hosomichi is the most celebrated example. The genre remains popular in contemporary magazine journalism.

例文

  1. 松尾芭蕉の奥の細道は、日本文学を代表する紀行文の一つだ。
  2. 紀行文には、旅先で感じた感動や発見が生き生きと描かれている。
  3. 彼女は北欧を旅した際の体験を、紀行文として雑誌に発表した。

使い方ガイド

場面: literary studies, classical literature, travel writing

トーン: literary

起源と歴史

Sino-Japanese compound. 紀行 means 'account of a journey' (紀 = record/chronicle, 行 = travel/go) and 文 means 'written text'. The genre has deep roots in classical Japanese literature from the Heian period.

文化的背景

時代: Heian–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Literary/Educational

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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