Establishment of Osaka-Study based on the investigation of natural history specimens: Comprehensive study of Kimura Kenkado and his intellectual network.

• Project/Area Number: 25580032
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Fine art history
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: HASHIZUME setuya 大阪大学, 学内共同利用施設等, 教授 (70180817)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TAKAHASHI Kyoko 大阪大学, 総合学術博物館, 准教授 (00140400) ; ITOH Ken 京都薬科大学, 薬学部, 助教 (00619281) ; YOKOTA Hiroshi 大阪大学, 総合学術博物館, 助教 (50513115) ; MATSUNAGA Kazuhiro 大阪大学, 総合学術博物館, 講師 (90586760)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): IWASA Shinichi 大阪歴史博物館, 学芸員 (70393288) ; ISHIDA So 大阪市立自然史博物館, 研究員 (50435880)
• Research Collaborator: KAZU Tsuguto 大阪市立科学館, 事業担当課長代理学芸員 ; OHARA Masaaki 和歌山県立自然博物館, 主任学芸員
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
• Keywords: 博物学標本 / 大阪学 / 木村蒹葭堂 / 交遊ネットワーク / 大名と博物学 / 美術史 / 比較美術史 / 本草博物学 / 薬種政策

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We investigated various heritages of Kimura Kenkado (1736-1802) including his works stored in Tatsuuma Collection of Fine Arts, and considered about the differences of his viewpoints between as a pharmacognosist and as an artist. We verified Kenkado’s intellectual networks with consideration of the character of Osaka as the center of distribution and business, and discovered the relationships between Kenkado and feudal lords of Satsuma (Kagoshima prefecture) and Tosa (Kochi prefecture) through the exchange of natural specimens. Through these investigations, we confirmed the complicated intellectual circumstances and cultural backgrounds of Osaka.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 明治二十一年の巨獣たち―大阪府立博物場美術館の天井画群― (2014)
  • Author(s): 橋爪節也
  • Journal Title: 大阪の歴史 Volume: 82 Pages: 69-95
• [Presentation] 『薩州蟲品』の世界―木村蒹葭堂とその交流ネットワーク－ (2015)
  • Author(s): 中村真菜美、橋爪節也
  • Organizer: 博物科学会
  • Place of Presentation: 金沢大学（石川県金沢市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-25 – 2015-06-26
• [Presentation] 木村蒹葭堂と「薩州蟲品」 (2014)
  • Author(s): 中村真菜美、橋爪節也
  • Organizer: 大阪大学総合学術博物館研究発表会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪大学総合学術博物館（大阪府豊中市）
  • Year and Date: 2014-12-12
• [Presentation] Construction of “Links” between Museums and Other Fields (2014)
  • Author(s): Ken Ito
  • Organizer: University Museums Symposium on Museum in Everyday Life
  • Place of Presentation: National Taiwan University Agricultural Exhibition Hall（Taipei, Taiwan）
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-24
• [Presentation] 『緒方洪庵の薬箱（阪大蔵）』研究からの示唆：ジギタリスの実地臨床 (2014)
  • Author(s): 須磨一夫、小栗一輝、島田佳代子、村田路人、橋爪節也、高橋京子
  • Organizer: 博物科学会
  • Place of Presentation: 愛媛大学（愛媛県松山市）
  • Year and Date: 2014-06-19 – 2014-06-20
• [Presentation] Geological materials in Japanese natural history: Focus on Morino stone collection in the Edo Period. (2014)
  • Author(s): Ken Ito, Kazuki Oguri, Kayoko Shimada, Teruko Morino, Setsuya Hashidzume, Kyoko Takahashi
  • Organizer: APRU Research Symposium on University Museums
  • Place of Presentation: National Taiwan University Agricultural Exhibition Hall（Taipei, Taiwan）
  • Year and Date: 2014-05-20 – 2014-05-23
• [Book] 『木村蒹葭堂全集』第8巻「蒹葭堂顕彰・年譜・参考文献」 (2015)
  • Author(s): 水田紀久・橋爪節也
  • Total Pages: 500
  • Publisher: 藝華書院
• [Book] 森野藤助賽郭真写「松山本草」森野旧薬園から学ぶ生物多様性の原点と実践 (2014)
  • Author(s): 高橋京子
  • Total Pages: 580
  • Publisher: 大阪大学出版会