2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON GEOGRAPHICAL NOTIONS THROUGH THE REPRESENTATION OF PLACE
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12480017
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Human geography
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| Research Institution | INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR JAPANESE STUDIES |
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Principal Investigator |
SENDA Minoru INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR JAPANESE STUDIES, RESEARCH DEPARTMENT, PROFESSOR, 研究部, 教授 (20079403)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2000 – 2003
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| Keywords | REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY / REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY EDITED BY GOVERNMENT / YOSHIDA TOGO / DAI NIHON CHIMEI JISYO / PLACE NAME / MEIJI / GEOGRAPHY / EAST ASIA |
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| Research Abstract |
1)Regional geography edited by government derived from the traditional style of China is characteristic of the catalogue on geographical properties. So original method for representation can not be pointed out in it.
2)Therefore the aim of the research focused on the work described by individual geographer, YOSHIDA TOGO who completed A DICTIONARY OF GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES OF JAPAN.
3)The results of the research are as follows.
The dictionary was influenced by the YOSHIDA's opinions and interests in the Meiji era.. Mainly two viewpoints are showed in it. One is the importance of self -government of local region, the other is the historical concern for the expansion of the state territory.
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