| Project/Area Number |
19K23120
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
0103:History, archaeology, museology, and related fields
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| Research Institution | Doshisha University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-08-30 – 2021-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
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| Keywords | Traty revision / Japn-Italy relations / Inoue Kaoru / Silkworm eggs trade / Nabeshima Naohiro / Meiji Era / Asano Nagakoto / Unequal treaty / Silkeorm eggs / Japn.Italy relations / treaty revision / Japan-Italy relations / diplomatic relations / Meiji History / Itatalian diplomacy |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
I intend to analyze as completely as possible the diplomatic relations between Japan and Italy regarding the treaty revision during the management of the Japanese Foreign Ministry by Inoue Kaoru (1879-1887) and Okuma Shigenobu (1888-1889), using both Italian and Japanese primary sources.
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
1.By focusing my analysis on the the trade activity that the silkworm eggs company Kawajiri-gumi from Akita Prefecture performed via its branch office in in northern Italy, I shed some light on the impact that the decline in demand for Japanese silkworm eggs from Italian in the 1880s had on the treaty revision negotiations between Japan and Italy.
2.I examined the diplomatic activities conducted in Italy by the Japanese Minister Plenipotentiary to Italy Nabeshima Naohiro (in
office between 1880 and 1882) and by his successor Asano Nagakoto (in office between 1882 and 1884). As a result, I come to the conclusion that that they played a strategic role in developing Japan-Italy treaty revision relations in line with Foreign Minister Inoue Kaoru’s foreign policy during the early years of Meiji era.
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究は19世紀においてイタリア王国が日本で果たした役割を再評価し、この国が日本との蚕種貿易関係、そして条約改正問題に対するその外交政策を通じて明治政府の対外方針において戦略的重要性を持っていたことを解明した。そうすることで、本研究の結果の影響により、明治時代における最初の日伊関係に関してはもちろん、近代日本と他国間の国際関係に関しても様々な新しい反省や発見を発生させることが期待されている。
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