Study on Letters, Manuscripts, and Other Materials by Jun Takami

Research Project

Project/Area Number	16K16776
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Japanese literature
Research Institution	Shujitsu University
Principal Investigator	Kobayashi Atsuko 就実大学, 人文科学部, 准教授 (70422912)
Project Period (FY)	2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Keywords	近代日本文学 / 昭和文学 / 思想史 / 高見順 / 近代日本文学史 / 昭和文学史 / 近代日本思想史 / 文学一般 / 日本近・現代文学
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This study examines and draws up an overview of primary sources related to the Japanese novelist and poet Jun Takami , with a particular focus on the “Jun Takami Collection” in the Museum of Modern Japanese Literature, Japan. The survey results confirmed important yet previously unstudied characteristics of primary sources related to Takami, namely (1) a collection of letters concerning the pre-war Taisho Bungaku Kenkyukai (Society for Taisho Literature Research), (2) a collection of letters related to the post-war establishment of “modern Japanese literature history,” (3) a collection of letters related to the post-war debate on the concept of pure (belletristic) literature, and (4) a collection of conceptual notes written before and after the war that provide clear accounts of Takami’s views on modern history and Asia. Thus, this study serves as the primary stage of a research plan for investigating these materials on a long-term basis in the future.