| Budget Amount *help |
¥11,570,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,670,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥6,890,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,590,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research analyzes appraisal records called Kiwame-cho. These were kept by Goto Shirobei and his descendants upon appraising sword fittings created by their ancestors, namely the Goto clan, who formed the largest school of metal smiths in Japan’s early modern times.
As a result of this research, it has been confirmed that the records, which are preserved in the University Library of the Tokyo University of the Arts, comprise 365 volumes compiled from 1704 for 160 years. To cope with numerous appraisal requests, cases were recorded clearly, thoroughly, and highly systematically using ingenious systems for when re-appraising the same works. The research has also revealed that the appraisal results were strongly influenced by social demand and formalities of the time as well as the clan’s artistic evaluations, and that the historical development of the clan’s appraisal system shows features unique to early modern times in Japan.
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