2002 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

The Study over "the History of Japanese Thoughts and the Eastasian Tradition" form th* viewpoint of Ethics.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	13610042
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	倫理学
Research Institution	Tokyo University of Science
Principal Investigator	SHIMIZU Masayuki Tokyo University of Science. Faculty of Thechnik and Engineering, professor, 工学部, 教授 (60162715)
Project Period (FY)	2001 – 2002
Keywords	Sckichi Tsuda / Kokuminshisc / History of Japanese Though / Japanese Mythos / Eastasia / 東アジア
Research Abstract	The study of Japanese thoughts were influenced by the german philosophy, especially "Bibliotek and Hermeneutic". This study aims at throwing a light on Tusa Sokichi and his mythology. Compared with Watsuji Tetsuro, Tsuda is a little different. The points is as follows (1) Tsuda thought that these is nowhere a unit og socalled East Aian culture. A unit of Eastasian culture is an illusion. (2) He wound not search the origin of something japanese in ancient mythos "KOJIKI" and "NIHONSHOKI". (3) in order words he don't image the origin in the history. (4) He thought that Japanese has never identified themselves with foreign culture (chines culture and thoughts) before the modernisation, but at the sametime, he seems to insist that modern Japan can easily identify itself with western modern culture. This is an important point to consider precisely