A Study on Acceptance of Imported Knowledge/Skills and View of the World in the Edo Era ; Through Colors/Forms of Japanese Craftsmen' s Works such as Paintings, China, Photographs, Geographic Miniatures and so on.

2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

• Project/Area Number: 14023221
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Review Section: Humanities and Social Sciences
• Research Institution: HOKURIKU TNIVERSITY (2004-2005); Tokyo Kasei Gakuin University (2002-2003)
• Principal Investigator: KOBAYASHI Tadao HOKURIKU UNIVERSITY, School of Future Learning, Prof., 未来創造学部, 教授 (00215336)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YOSHIDA Kenji National Museum of Ethnology, Faculty of Ethnology, Prof., 民族学研究部, 教授 (10192808) ; SAWADA Masahiko TOKYO KASEI-GAKUIN UNIVERSITY, Faculty of Culture, Assistant Prof., 人文学部, 助教授 (70338846) ; FUKUDA Tamami Found of OSAKA UIVERSITY, Faculty of Alll-round Science, Assistant Prof., 総合科学部, 助教授 (80285311) ; NAKANO Kiwa HAGI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Faculty of International Information, Assistant Prof., 国際情報学部, 助教授 (80320084)
• Project Period (FY): 2002 – 2005
• Keywords: Ceramics / Production systems / Photographing / Comparative study / Traditional handicrafts / Underglaze decoration designs / Database / Work system / Life style / World recognition

Research Abstract

This study attempts to show how Japanese artisans' use of color and form in the production of vessels and utensils was influenced, particularly by the West, as well as the production techniques and knowledge which were introduced, between the Edo period and the Meiji period.
The results of research over the past four years can be presented as follows :
1. A joint research project with the theme 'A comparative study of the production systems of ceramics manufactories in Japan and the West through images', which involved photographing the workplaces, processes, and environments of ceramics production in four locations : in Japan, the porcelain production system of the Kakiemon kiln of Arita-machi, Saga Prefecture, and the Takatori-Yaki kiln of Koishibara-mura, Fukuoka Prefecture ; in Germany, the national Meissen porcelain factory ; and in the Netherlands, the Royal Delft Fles. porcelain factory.
These images were specially edited into four-sided multi-images and placed on DVD as works which permit simultaneous visual comparison.
2. 'A database of underglaze decoration designs in traditional handicrafts of the Kaga district' which involved the imaging of ceramics, metal work, and dyeing-and-weaving designs remaining from the late Edo period to the Meiji period in Ishikawa Prefecture, and the recording of the images on searchable DVD. This material is especially noted as a highly valued collection of materials in the Pictorial Archives (Onchizuroku) of the Tokyo National Museum.
In addition, each of the keywords(Work system, Life style, World recognition )noted above has been separately researched by the respective members of the project team. The results of those studies will be summarized in a forthcoming publication.

Research Products

• [Book] 柳宗悦と民芸運動 (2005)
  • Author(s): 吉田 憲司, 熊倉 功編
  • Total Pages: 350
  • Publisher: 思文閣出版
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より