Influences of German and French geographical thoughts upon the Japanese geography of pre-war period
| Project/Area Number |
05680122
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Human geography
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| Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
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Principal Investigator |
TEZUKA Akira Univ.of Tsukuba, Inst.of Geoscience, Associate professor, 地球科学系, 助教授 (60155455)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OKUNO Takashi Univ.of Tsukuba, Inst.of Geoscience, Professor, 地球科学系, 教授 (10092511)
NISHIMURA Takahiko Univ.of Fukuoka-Kyoiku, Faculty of Education, Associate professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (30142277)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1993 – 1994
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1994)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1994: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 1993: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
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| Keywords | geographical thought / pre-war period / German geography / French geography / Japan / ラッツェル / 人文地理学 / ドイツ / 地理学 / フランス |
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| Research Abstract |
In every country where academic geography was established late, such as Japan, England and America, German and French geographical thoughts exerted great influences. This research project has tried to examine these influences during the Japanese pre-war period. In particular, we selected a German geographer, Friedrich Ratzel, as a main concern. We have elucidated that the conceptual influences of Ratzel on Japanese geography were multifaceted and somewhat indirect. The first professor of human geography at the university level, i.e.Goro ISHIBASHI,prepared his lectures mainly on the basis of Ratzel's 'Anthropogeographic'. We have found a lecture notes taken by his student, which shows very well the partial acceptance of Ratzel's geographical ideas. Generally speaking, the acceptance of any foreign ideas goes necessarily with some kind of distortion. In this respect, Ratzel was one of the most typical examples. We can easily find many examples of distorted acceptance in the long period of acquaintance with Ratzel's geographical ideas.
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