Reconstruction of "Japanese-Chinese" Boundaries Reconsidered from Hunting Manners and Customs

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K21603
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Medium-sized Section 1:Philosophy, art, and related fields
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: MIZUNO Yuji 筑波大学, 芸術系, 准教授 (50617024)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 相馬 拓也 京都大学, 白眉センター, 特定准教授 (60779114)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-06-28 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 鷹狩 / 鵜飼 / オオカミ狩り / 和漢 / 狩猟

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this project is to review the division between “Chinese things” and “Japanese things,” or the boundary between “Japanese and Chinese,” which has been debated since the Muromachi period. As the subject of this research, we have attempted to reconstruct it on the basis of hunting customs introduced from Central Asia.
Specifically, we examined the artistic expressions and design interpretations of works of art with hunting as their subject matter, such as falconry and cormorant fishing. As a result, we were able to clarify that Japanese people were aware of foreign cultures and mixed and expressed them.

Free Research Field

日本美術史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義は、「和漢」の境界に関する理解を深化させた点にある。室町時代以来の和漢の区分に関する議論に新たな視点を提供し、美術史や文化史における異文化受容と混淆の実態を明らかにすることができた。また、狩猟風俗に焦点を当てた美術作品の詳細な分析を通じて、中央アジアからの影響とその日本独自の解釈・表現方法を解明することができた。
社会的意義としては、日本人が歴史的に異文化をどのように受け入れ、独自の文化として再構築してきたかを理解することが、現代のグローバル化した社会における異文化理解や共生のあり方について重要な示唆を与えるだろう。