2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Discovery and Receipt of "KAma-zAstra" in Modern Japan
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19520311
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Literatures/Literary theories in other countries and areas
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| Research Institution | Komazawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
KANAZAWA Atsushi Komazawa University, 仏教学部, 教授 (20286686)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 比較文学 / カーマ・シャーストラ / インド文学 / 日本近代 / 飜訳文化 / 地下本 |
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| Research Abstract |
KAma-zAstra is "Scientific treatise or teaching of kAma or desire/sexual love" that was brought up in ancient India. It is indispensable for understanding various cultures of Indian origins such as Hinduism and Buddhism, etc. and thinking about the modern Japanese's mental formation. The discovery and the receipt of "KAma-zAstra" in modern Japan were clarified historically based on making the detailed bibliography of the rare books of underground that are getting scattered and lost, covering collections of the related literature and the comprehension of those various material.
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