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Foreign Materials in Japan, 1550 to 1650

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K20776
Project/Area Number (Other) 18H05566 (2018)
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund (2019)
Single-year Grants (2018)
Review Section 0101:Philosophy, art, and related fields
Research InstitutionKyushu University

Principal Investigator

SCHWEIZER Anton  九州大学, 人文科学研究院, 教授 (10822885)

Project Period (FY) 2018-08-24 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
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)
KeywordsMaterial 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.

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.

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.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2019 2018 Other

All Presentation (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Invited: 5 results) Remarks (1 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Presentation] Othering the Samurai: Exotic Materials on Japanese Campaign Coats2019

    • Author(s)
      Anton Schweizer
    • Organizer
      College Art Association, annual conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 慶長使節のモノの文化2019

    • Author(s)
      Anton Schweizer
    • Organizer
      安土城図屏風安土城図屏風探索プロジェクト第四回シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Shaping a Deity: Cult, Politics, and Architecture at the Toyokuni Shrine in Kyoto2019

    • Author(s)
      Anton Schweizer
    • Organizer
      Invited lecture, Heidelberg University
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Shaping a Deity: Architectural Form at the Toyokuni Shrine in Kyoto2019

    • Author(s)
      Anton Schweizer
    • Organizer
      Workshop "Substance and Symbol in Japanese Architecture", Kyushu University
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] “Dressed to Kill: Momoyama Military Equipment.”2018

    • Author(s)
      Anton Schweizer
    • Organizer
      Japan’s Global Baroque, workshop Yale University, New Haven, USA.
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] “Conserving Impermanence: Transcultural Approaches to Architectural Lacquering.”2018

    • Author(s)
      Anton Schweizer
    • Organizer
      World Social Science Forum, Fukuoka, JAPAN.
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] “Clad in Otherness: Imported Materials on Japanese Campaign Coats.”2018

    • Author(s)
      Anton Schweizer
    • Organizer
      Eurasian Connections, symposium Center for Global Asia, NYU Shanghai, CHINA.
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] “Kyoto kara Doitsu made: Genroku no oshie-bina no saihakken” 京都からドイツまで:元禄の押絵雛の再発見2018

    • Author(s)
      Anton Schweizer
    • Organizer
      School of Humanities, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, JAPAN.
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Remarks] Events, Kyushu University, IMAP

    • URL

      https://www.imapkyudai.net/events

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Substance and Symbol in Japanese Architecture2019

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2018-08-27   Modified: 2024-03-26  

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