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Foreign Architectural Engineers in Nineteenth Century East Asia

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K06748
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Architectural history/Design
Research InstitutionHiroshima University

Principal Investigator

Mizuta Susumu  広島大学, 工学研究科, 助教 (40540406)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Keywords西洋人建築技術者 / お雇い外国人 / 洋風建築 / ウォートルス / 外国人建築技術者 / 東アジア / 西洋人建築家 / 建築技術者 / 19世紀 / 建築史・意匠
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to re-examine the westernization and modernization of Japanese architecture from global contexts, this project disucusses the foreign architectural engineers in nineteenth century East Asia. Specifically, referring to the foreign directories published in the period, the lists of foreign architects, civil engineers, builders and carpetners are analyzed to describe the geographical and periodical tendencies. In addition, the buidling works of Thomas Waters, who worked in Japan as well as China, were investigated as a significance of foreign architects those days.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

これまで日本の近代化、西洋化は、日本人が西洋の文化や技術を学び、それをどのように自分のものとして発展させたかという日本の物語として語られてきた。それに対して本研究は、日本の西洋化や近代化が当時の外国人の目からどう見られていたか、当時の国際社会の中でどう評価されるのかという問題を扱ったものである。その一端として本研究は、当時の東アジアで活躍していた外国人建築技術者に注目したものである。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2019 2018

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results) Presentation (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] THOMAS WATERS AND THE DESIGN OF COAL MINING HERITAGES IN NEW ZEALAND2019

    • Author(s)
      水田丞
    • Journal Title

      AIJ Journal of Technology and Design

      Volume: 25 Issue: 61 Pages: 1345-1350

    • DOI

      10.3130/aijt.25.1345

    • NAID

      130007731658

    • ISSN
      1341-9463, 1881-8188
    • Year and Date
      2019-10-20
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Making a Mint: British Mercantile Influence and the Building of the Japanese Imperial Mint2019

    • Author(s)
      Susumu Mizuta
    • Journal Title

      Architectural History

      Volume: 62 Pages: 89-111

    • DOI

      10.1017/arh.2019.4

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Thomas Waters and the Paper Money Factory Project of Meiji Japan2018

    • Author(s)
      Susumu Mizuta
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering

      Volume: 17 Issue: 2 Pages: 277-284

    • DOI

      10.3130/jaabe.17.277

    • NAID

      130006734513

    • ISSN
      1346-7581, 1347-2852
    • Year and Date
      2018-05-15
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] トーマス・ウォートルス設計の宮殿計画案の特徴2018

    • Author(s)
      水田丞
    • Journal Title

      日本建築学会中国支部研究報告集

      Volume: 第41巻 Pages: 873-876

    • NAID

      40021493193

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 幕末明治初期の煉瓦造建築史からみた久慈白糖工場2018

    • Author(s)
      水田丞
    • Journal Title

      鹿児島県立埋蔵文化財センター発掘調査報告書(敷根火薬製造所跡・根占原台場跡・久慈白糖工場跡)

      Volume: 194 Pages: 103-109

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The East Asia Branch Buildings of Jardine, Matheson & Co.2018

    • Author(s)
      Susumu Mizuta
    • Organizer
      Society of Architectural Historians, 71st Annual International Conference, Sesseion No. PS02 The Architecture of Commercial Networks, 1500-1900
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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