Japanese Ethnogenesis: Oka Masao's Theory of Cultural Strata as a Hybrid Outcome of Scholarly Exchange between Austria and Japan

• Project/Area Number: 23K12262
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 03010:Historical studies in general-related
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: Weiss David 九州大学, 人文科学研究院, 講師 (80830273)
• Project Period (FY): 2023-04-01 – 2028-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2023)
• Budget Amount: ¥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)
• Keywords: ethnogenesis / Oka Masao / Japan / Austria

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.