1992 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Research of Japanese collections of the Smithsonian Institution collected in the 19th century
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02045046
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for international Scientific Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | University-to-University Cooperative Research |
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| Research Institution | National Museum of Japanese History |
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Principal Investigator |
OKADA Shigehiro Professor, Department of Archaeology, National Museum of Japanese History, 考古研究部・考古研究, 部長・教授 (50150016)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
CHANーSU HOUC Department of Anthropolgy, National Museu, Specialist
MARUYAMA Nobuhiko Research Associate, Department of Museum Science, National Museum of Japanese Hi, 情報資料研究部, 助手 (90183623)
ARAI Katsuhiro Associate Professor, Department of History, National Museum of Japanese History, 歴史研究部, 助教授 (40222707)
UDAGAWA Takehisa Professor, Department of Museum Science, National Museum of Japanese History, 情報資料研究部, 教授 (70104750)
TAKAHASI Satoshi Professor, Department of History, National Museum of Japanese History, 民俗研究部, 教授 (80163260)
IWAI Hiromi Professor, Department of Folk Research, National Museum of Japanese History, 民俗研究部・民俗研究部長, 教授 (10110066)
HOUCHINS Chang-su Specialist, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smit
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| Project Period (FY) |
1990 – 1992
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| Keywords | Smithsonian Institution / materials in 19th century / Japanese materials and data in America / Perry's expedition to Japan / history related to Japan and America |
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| Research Abstract |
We got Ms. Chan-su Houchins who belonged to Smithsonian Institution on National Museum of Japanese History in September 1992, and had a chance to research, sort out, and discuss the materials being related to parry in both country. At the same time we could talk with her about the program of the exhibition "The history of relation between Japan and America in the late of Edo period". In December, three Japanese members of this project went to research the MSC's collection of arms and the pictures (sketches and photographs) of National Museum of Natural History, and made a list of the materials of the Perry's expedition to Japan, which belonged to the museums located in the east side coast. And they visited the Perry's tomb and the house where he was born in Newport. RI, and researched the materials being related to him, After that they got 21 sdetches drawn by crews of Perry's fleet and the lists which told where the materials being related to perry and his fleet visiting Japan were located, in Naval academy Museum in Annapolis, MD and in the Naval Historical Center in Washington, D.C. In addition to that, other two members of this project visited American Japanese National Museum in Los Angeles, CA, which had opened in 1992, and had a chance of researching materials it owned. And they could research on Utah Nippo published for American Japanese in Utah State for many years, in the Asian American Research Center of UCLA and in Utah Nippo Company in Salt Lake City, UT. These studies spanning three years let us get a great deal of expertise and information about the history of the relation between Japan and America in the late of 19th century.
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