British Empire and Modern Japan: Transboundary Propagation and Development of Imperial Projects and Ideas

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02966
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of Europe and America
• Research Institution: Kobe Women's University
• Principal Investigator: YOSHIMURA-MORIMOTO Mami (森本真美) 神戸女子大学, 文学部, 教授 (80263177)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 中沢 葉子 (並河葉子) 神戸市外国語大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (10295743) ; 水谷 智 同志社大学, グローバル地域文化学部, 教授 (90411074)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 帝国史 / 植民地主義 / イギリス / 日本 / 東アジア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to analyse the cases of the patterns of trans-boundary influences of British imperial projects and ideas that propagated and developed in Modern Japan, especially in its imperial age. To approach this aim, we investigated minutely historical documents both of Britain and Japan and re-examined their systems and constructions, particularly by focusing on the ‘trans-imperial’ feature of modern Japan.
The conclusions are as follows: 1) The trans-boundary propagation of British imperial projects and ideas were not transported intactly, but proceeded under the complex relationships of emperial powers and networks of religious and social activities over the world. 2) Such interrelationships affected on Britain itself in their imperial age.

Free Research Field

イギリス近代史　イギリス社会史　イギリス帝国史　近代子ども史