Verification of aesthetic and utility values of Japanese lacquer ware based on a survey of real life conditions

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23611046
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Design science
Research Institution	Sagami Women's University
Principal Investigator	TANAKA Minami 相模女子大学, 学芸学部, 教授 (30261936)
Research Collaborator	MACHIDA Toshikazu KOBAYASHI Masanobu IWADATE Takashi
Project Period (FY)	2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Keywords	漆器 / traditional crafts / 漆 / テキストマイニング
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This study aims to find the contemporary value of Japanese traditional crafts through a case study of Japanese lacquer "URUSHI". Japanese lacquer ware is known for both its aesthetic and functional value. However, lifestyles of Japanese people have changed and so it is necessary to carry out performance evaluation tests of house wares under actual Japanese living conditions. For the first stage, I surveyed with text mining the essays of different writers to collect key words around the phrase "Japanese lacquer". For the second stage, immersion tests and friction tests were conducted on test sample preparations.