Study of Bibliographies of Ming Books existing in Japan and Taiwan

2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K00352
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02020:Chinese literature-related
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: Inoue Susumu 名古屋大学, 人文学研究科, 教授 (40168448)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
• Keywords: 明版書誌 / 明代出版史 / 目録学 / 書誌学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Before beginning this study, I had already collected more than 3000 bibliographies of Ming books and finished organizing 1300 relatively important bibliographies among them. In this study, I reconsidered and revised the portion already organized. Furthermore, I collected 90 bibliographies through investigations and organized approximately 180 bibliographies. Consequently, I have achieved a catalogue of nearly 1500 bibliographies. However, the COVID-19 pandemic hindered the progress of this study in the last year, and I was unable to have productive discussions with a publishing company concerning the publication of the catalogue.

Free Research Field

中国近世文化史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

歴史研究にとって不可欠の基礎は言うまでもなく史料であり、明代出版史ないし出版文化史研究の場合、その史料的基礎の最重要部分は具体的な明版書誌となるが、これまでの研究では、この具体的書誌の集積が極めて不十分であった。これは基本的かつ致命的な問題というべきで、その全面的解決には学界全体の長期にわたる努力が必要となろうが、本研究はその中で先駆的な役割を果たそうとしたものであり、明版書誌の具体的な解明に向けて確かな一歩を記した。