Budget Amount *help |
¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
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Research Abstract |
In this study, I approached two questions from a sociological viewpoint. First, why and how were Imperial souvenir produced and consumed in large quantities in modern Japan? Second, how did mass-produced souvenirs related to the formation of people’s national identities?Through this study, I elucidated two points. First, since Taisho era, various industries have produced various Imperial souvenirs in a disorderly way obeying the capitalistic thought. Second, these souvenirs inspired people’s mentalities not as “nation” but as “consumers”.
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