| Project/Area Number |
23K12262
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 03010:Historical studies in general-related
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| Research Institution | Kyushu University |
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Principal Investigator |
Weiss David 九州大学, 人文科学研究院, 講師 (80830273)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2023-04-01 – 2028-03-31
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| Project Status |
Granted (Fiscal Year 2023)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2027: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2026: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2025: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
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| Keywords | Oka Masao / Wilhelm Schmidt / Fritz Graebner / culture circle theory / ethnogenesis / Korea / Tan'gun / Vienna School / Japan / Austria |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
This project investigates how anthropologist Oka Masao (1898-1982) combined elements from European and Japanese reasearch traditions in his theory of Japanese ethnogenesis, thereby situating the emergence of ethnology as an academic discipline in Japan in its global historical context.
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
I conducted preliminary research on the history of culture circle theory in Germany and Europe, focussing especially on the works of Fritz Graebner and Wilhlem Schmidt.
I presented papers on Oka's reception of this theory, and especially on the role of Korea in his model of Japanese ethnogenesis at the Association for Korean Studies in Europe (AKSE) conference in Copenhagen and at the conference "Japan's Imperial Mythology: De/Sacralization in the Context of Exegesis, Politics and Folklore" at the University of Tuebingen.
During my stay in Tuebingen I also collected primary and secondary literature on Wilhlem Schmidt and the Vienna School of Ethnology.
The paper presented at Copenhagen will be published in the peer-reviewed journal Korea Europe Review (KER).
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
I made good progress in researching the historical background of the culture circle theory. I managed to present preliminary results of my research at two international conferences (only one was originally planned), which will also be published in a journal article (which was not originally planned). On the other hand, I was unable to start research on Japanese academic influences on Oka's model of Japanese ethnogenesis. I was unable to do archival research on Torii Ryuzo and did not manage to draft a chapter on Torii Ryuzo's connection to Oka.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
I intend to do archival research on the Vienna School of Ethnology at the University of Vienna and at the Anthropos Institute in St. Augustin (Germany). I plan to present preliminary results of my research during guest lectures at the University of Vienna and the University of Tuebingen. I intend to visit the Tokushima Prefectural Torii Ryuzo Memorial Museum and do archival research on Torii Ryuzo's connection to Oka Masao, which was originally planned for the first year of the project. Furthermore, I will draft a chapter on Wilhelm Schmidt’s connection to Oka.
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