Cultural exchanges between China- France-Japan through Le Journal de Shanghai

2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K00498
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02050:Literature in general-related
• Research Institution: Kwansei Gakuin University (2019-2020); Tokyo Institute of Technology (2018)
• Principal Investigator: ZHAO Yi 関西学院大学, 経済学部, 教授 (10746481)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
• Keywords: 上海フランス租界 / 『法文上海日報』 / Le Journal de Shanghai / 中・仏・日三か国の文化交流 / 関西日仏学館

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Le Journal de Shanghai, a french newspaper published in the French Concession in Shanghai during 1927-1945, has been running many important articles on both Chinese and Japanese literature, art, music, movies, theaters, customs, etc. The authors such as Charles Grosbois (1893-1972), Claude Riviere(1882-1972）, Sung-Nien Hsu（徐仲年or徐頌年, 1904-1981）and his wife Suzanne (Suzanne Roubertie, 1903－? ）, Kikou Yamata（1897-1975）greatly contributed to these articles and were the key persons as well in promoting cultural exchanges. Nowadays however, even Shanghai history scholars know little about the newspaper neither these persons.
I tried to list and discuss these articles at first, then investigate the important authors’ backgrounds. Based on French, Chinese and Japanese historical documents, I tried to describe the facts in detail, and shed light on the functioning of a cultural network between Paris, Shanghai, and Kyoto or Tokyo during the first half of the 20th century.

Free Research Field

比較文学・比較文化

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

従来の上海租界研究は、フランス語資料を用いてフランス租界に焦点を当て、しかも文化に的を絞ったものは僅かであり、Le Journal de Shanghaiに至っては専門家さえ知るものが少ない。本研究で新聞の文化欄を精査し、文学、芸術、文化風俗に至るまで多分野を横断的に考察した。また仏中日の一次史料を多用しながら、三か国の主な執筆者たちの生い立ちと貢献を考察した。研究対象に「3点測量」の方法を取り入れただけでなく、研究過程においても、三か国の研究者と交流を深めながら、日本語と中国語による論文と報告を中日両国で多数発表した。これまでの上海租界研究とは一線を画す、独自の研究であると自負できる。