2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A study on the process of the accumulation of geographical information concerning the northern area in Edo Japan, mainly through the analysis of maps and terrestrial globes.
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19520546
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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 |
Historical studies in general
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| Research Institution | Tokai University |
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Principal Investigator |
YOSHIDA Atsuko Tokai University, 清水教養教育センター, 准教授 (50408069)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YOSHIDA Tadashi 東北大学, 名誉教授 (60004058)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 文化交流史 / 地図 / 地球儀 / 北方問題 / 蘭学 / 江戸時代 / 日蘭 / 日魯 |
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| Research Abstract |
The process and results of the accumulation of geographical data concerning the northern area around Japan (the northern territory, Ezo and Russia) in the Edo period and the significance of its information collected have been demonstrated through the analysis of relevant historical sources as well as maps and terrestrial globes made in the same period. Having focused on the two key persons Otsuki Gentaku and Hazama Shigetomi, both of whom copied maps brought from the West, this study has made a contribution to clarify their important roles in enlarging the storage of geographical information on the northern area around Japan in the end of the eighteenth century and in the beginning of the nineteenth century.
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Research Products
(18 results)
