Foreign Materials in Japan, 1550 to 1650
Project/Area Number |
19K20776
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Project/Area Number (Other) |
18H05566 (2018)
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund (2019) Single-year Grants (2018) |
Review Section |
0101:Philosophy, art, and related fields
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Research Institution | Kyushu University |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2018-08-24 – 2020-03-31
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
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Keywords | Material culture / Architecture / First Global Age / Transcultural exchange / Ideas and concepts / First global age / Art history / Visual culture / Crafts / Intellectual history / Global exchange / Azuchi-Momoyama period / Nanban trade |
Outline of Research at the Start |
The project will lay the foundations for a broader international research project by conducting three limited case studies on stone fortifications in castle architecture, birds’ feathers on armor surcoats, and representation of foreigners in festival depictions. These three have been selected for their fundamental significance, diverse materials, and diverse methodological approaches they enable.
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Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Three case studies―architectural compounds; feathers on military attire; depictions of “Japanese as foreigners”―were conducted. This was for surveying the available material and generating information for the build-up of a database. The contents of the database will be made accessible to the public soon. A body of foundational literature has been built up. Five papers were presented by the principle investigator in the US and Japan. The conduction of an international workshop in the second project year brought colleagues from the universities of Tokyo, Tohoku, Melbourne, and Pennsylvania State together who provided intense discussions and feedback. Two of these colleagues entered formal research cooperations with the PI. The promise of a larger research venture that investigates the integration of imported and domestic material culture during the First Global Age as a continuation of this project is well under way with an international symposium planned for 2021.
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
A reevaluation of Japan's role in the First Global Age has considerable relevance for our understanding of the modern world. Especially, the little understood issues of cultural transfer, exchange of technologies, and the ensuing change of material culture are key areas of historical investigation.
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Report
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Research Products
(10 results)