Research on the network of Japan scholar Leon de Rosny - using unpublished documents

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K16804
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: European literature
• Research Institution: Kwansei Gakuin University (2017-2018); Tokyo Metropolitan University (2016)
• Principal Investigator: BELOUAD Chris 関西学院大学, 文学部, 准教授 (20725139)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 日仏文化交流 / 幕末・明治 / フランス / フランスにおける日本学 / レオン・ト・ロニー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

During the last three years, I could carry on my research about Leon de Rosny (1837-1914), the pioneer in the fields of research and education about Japanese language and culture in France. First, I could advance my research and publish some results on the topic of the reception of Buddhism by Rosny, which is a topic I started to investigate in my PhD thesis (2012). In addition, thanks to the cooperation of the great-grandchildren of Rosny, I could discover unpublished documents in France; which allowed me to lay the ground for my future research on Rosny. A part of this research will be published in 2019, but I am still in the process of writing others parts, which I plan to publish in 2020 and 2021. Finally, as part of this project, I engaged in international collaborative research, and I could consolidate my research network for Rosny-related projects in Japan as well as abroad.

Free Research Field

日仏文化交流史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

未公開資料の調査およびロニーの曾孫との鼎談は、報告者がロニーの曾孫と築き上げてきた信頼関係に基づくものであり、現在のところは報告者しかできない研究である。
日本近代の文化交流史を解明することは、このグローバル化の時代において有意義である。ロニーの活動を通して19世紀末フランスにおける日本学の形成と日本文化の受容を明確することは、文化交流が加速する現代にも一脈通じるアクチュアリティをもつであろう。