A New Definition of Japanese War Painting (sensoga)

Research Project

Project/Area Number	15K02154
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Fine art history
Research Institution	Kansai Gaidai University
Principal Investigator	Berry Paul A 関西外国語大学, 国際文化研究所, 研究員 (10533622)
Project Period (FY)	2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000) Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords	sensoga / war paintings / propoganda / Fujita Tsuguharu / wartime exhibitions / 15 years war / wartime painting / Fujita Tsuguji / western wartime painting
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This research established a definition of Japanese war painting (sensoga) during the Fifteen-years War that is historically grounded upon the records of the time period and understood within a comparative framework that includes wartime painting in the United States and other Western countries. It emphasizes the importance of the dual nature of the idea of sensoga as objects and as system. The critical significance of intercultural analysis of war art in a self-reflexive manner was confirmed.

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