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Overseas reception of modern Japanese prints : between the early Showa period and the postwar Allied Occupation

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17520089
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Aesthetics/Art history
Research InstitutionSeitoku University

Principal Investigator

KUWAHARA Noriko  Seitoku University, Fuculty of Humanities, Lecturer (90364976)

Project Period (FY) 2005 – 2007
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,970,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
KeywordsHistory of Art / Japanese Art / Modern Print / 国際情報交換 / アメリカ:イギリス:フランス:ベトナム / アメリカ:イギリス:フランス / 近代絵画 / アメリカ:イギリス:オーストラリア
Research Abstract

The purpose of this research was to examine the ways in which modern Japanese prints were received by Western countries during the period between the early Showa period and the postwar Allied Occupation. To this end, I have focused on two topics and obtained the following results :
1. 'Overseas exhibitions of Japanese prints during the early Showa period' : I have researched exhibitions of modern Japanese prints held in Europe and the US between 1934 and 1937. I have collated the lists of works exhibited and examined details of the exhibitions and local responses to them. From the various documents, I have established that the Creative Print artists, who had always maintained that their art was distinct from the traditional ukiyo-e prints, in fact adopted a strategy of presenting their works as a continuation of ukiyo-e. This led to a significant success at the 1934 Paris exhibition. However, within Japan. Creative Prints were still considered as minor art.
2. American collectors during the Occupation period' : I have established the process through which some key American collectors among the Occupation personnel became acquainted with Creative Print artists. I have also found that these American collectors(such as William Hartnett and Oliver Staler)played a significant part in the rapid recognition of Japanese prints on the international stage. Their promotional activities such as publications and exhibitions resulted in the international recognition of modern Japanese prints, which in turn contributed to their recognition within Japan.
These results will provide an important basis for the future study of the history of modern Japanese prints. They will also benefit the study of the roles that Japanese prints have played in the international context, and in the reconsideration of artistic and cultural particularities that are inherent in Japanese prints.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2007 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2006 Annual Research Report
  • 2005 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (14 results)

All 2008 2007 2005

All Journal Article (9 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results) Presentation (3 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Onchi's Portrait of Hagiwara Sakutaro:Emblem of the Creative Print Movement for American Collectors2008

    • Author(s)
      Noriko Kuwahara(桑原 規子)
    • Journal Title

      Impressions(The Journal of the Japanese Art Society of America) 第29号

      Pages: 120-139

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 国際文化振興会主催「仏印巡回現代口本画展覧会」にみる戦時期文化工作-藤田嗣治を「美術使節」として-2008

    • Author(s)
      桑原 規子
    • Journal Title

      聖徳大学言語文化研究所 論叢 第15号

      Pages: 229-262

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Onchi's Portrait of Hagiwara Sakutaro : Emblem of the Creative Print Movement for American Collectors2008

    • Author(s)
      Noriko, Kuwahara
    • Journal Title

      Impressions(The Journal of the Japanese Art Society of America) 29

      Pages: 120-139

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Exhibition of Modern Japanese Paintings in 1941 Promoted by Kokusai Bunko Shinko Kai The Society for International Cultural Relations2008

    • Author(s)
      Noriko, Kuwahara
    • Journal Title

      Bulletin of Institute of Synoptic Studies of Language in Seitoku University 15

      Pages: 229-262

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Onchi's Portrait of Hagiwara Sakutaro:Emblem of the Creative Print Movement for American Collectors2008

    • Author(s)
      Noriko Kuwahara(桑原 規子)
    • Journal Title

      Impressions 第29号

      Pages: 120-139

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 国際文化振興会主催「仏印巡回現代日本画展覧会」にみる戦時期文化工作-藤田嗣治を「美術使節」として-2008

    • Author(s)
      桑原 規子
    • Journal Title

      聖徳大学言語文化研究所 論叢 第15号

      Pages: 229-262

    • NAID

      110006594565

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 恩地孝四郎の《『氷島』の著者、萩原朔太郎像》をめぐって-占領期における欧米人コレクターと創作版画の国際的評価-2007

    • Author(s)
      桑原 規子
    • Journal Title

      昌筑波大学芸術学研究誌『藝叢』 第23号

      Pages: 1-26

    • NAID

      120006343853

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Onchi Koshiro's 'Portrait of hagiwara Sakutaro' : Western Collectors of Sosaku Hanga during the Allied Occupation2007

    • Author(s)
      Noriko, Kuwahara
    • Journal Title

      Bulletin of the Study on Philosophy and History of Art in University of Tsukuba 23

      Pages: 1-26

    • NAID

      40015417989

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 恩地孝四郎の《『氷島』の著者・萩原朔太郎像》をめぐって-占領期における欧米人コレクターと創作版画の国際的評価-2007

    • Author(s)
      桑原規子
    • Journal Title

      藝叢(筑波大学芸術学研究誌) 23号

      Pages: 1-26

    • NAID

      120006343853

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 恩地孝四郎の《『氷島』の著者、萩原朔太郎像》をめぐって-占領期における欧米人コレクターと創作版画の国際的評価-2007

    • Author(s)
      桑原 規子
    • Organizer
      筑波大学芸術学美術史学会
    • Place of Presentation
      筑波大学
    • Year and Date
      2007-12-02
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] Onchi Koshiro's 'Portrait of hagiwara Sakutaro' : Western Collectors of Sosaku Hanga during the Allied Occupation2007

    • Author(s)
      Noriko, Kuwahara
    • Organizer
      Art History Society in University of Tsukuba
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Tsukuba
    • Year and Date
      2007-12-02
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] 恩地孝四郎の《『氷島』の著者・萩原朔太郎像》をめぐって-占領期における欧米人コレクターと創作版画の国際的評価-2007

    • Author(s)
      桑原 規子
    • Organizer
      筑波大学芸術学美術史学会
    • Place of Presentation
      筑波大学
    • Year and Date
      2007-12-02
    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 世界に誇れる日本の芸術家5552007

    • Author(s)
      三上豊
    • Total Pages
      329
    • Publisher
      PHP研究所
    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 由木礼全版画集2005

    • Author(s)
      桑原規子
    • Total Pages
      134
    • Publisher
      玲風書房
    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2005-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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