General study of the cross-cultural fusion in Nagasaki from last part of early modern times to last years

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K21567
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Japanese literature; History of thought
• Research Institution: Nagasaki University (2018); Yasuda Women's University (2016-2017); Doshisha University (2015)
• Principal Investigator: KIRA Fumiaki 長崎大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (50707833)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 中島広足 / 木下逸雲 / 青木永章 / 来舶清人 / 唐物趣味 / 書画帖

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to clarify the culture of Nagasaki on last part of early modern times, which Japanese old culture and foreign culture fused. Thereby, I wrestled for the collection of documents to tell about the actual situation of the culture of Nagasaki for the same period.
then, I collected whole thousand documents. For example, the letter of artists, poets, and Chinese visiting Nagasaki. And, I found next two aspects. First, poets, artist, and Chinese visiting Nagasaki had a meeting of painting, tea party, and poem competition. Second, the trend of Chinese fashion in this period must made Nakashima Hirotari composed exoticism Tankas.

Free Research Field

日本近世文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、いまだその詳細が明らかにされていないままであった近世後期の長崎の文化に関して、現代的な学問分野の垣根を越えて資料を収集・分析し、その結果同時期の長崎において歌壇と画壇が交流を盛んにしていた事実が異文化融合の背景にあることを浮かび上がらせた。
明治の西洋近代化に先駆けて洋の東西の文化が融合していた近世後期長崎の文化の新たな一面が明らかにされたことは、日本の近代化の本質を再検証するに際しても、有力な視点の獲得に繋がるであろう。