Establishment of an information network for Dazai Osamu research materials

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K00312
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02010:Japanese literature-related
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: ANDO Hiroshi 東京大学, 大学院人文社会系研究科(文学部), 教授 (30193113)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 太宰治 / 近代文学 / 小説 / 文学館 / 直筆資料

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Regarding research materials on Dazai Osamu , Ｉ kept in touch with the Japan Museum of Modern Literature, the Yamanashi Literature Museum, the Aomori Museum of Modern Literature, the Mitaka City Sports and Culture Foundation, and other public facilities around Japan, cooperated in exhibitions, served as a bridge for collecting new materials, exchanged information, and so on. Based on the knowledge gained through these activities, Ｉ published “Dazai Osamu: The Work and Life” (University of Tokyo Press, December 2021, 1184p), a compilation of my long years of research on Dazai Osamu. In addition, I was able to prepare for the donation to public institutions of a number of photocopied materials collected in the process of this project by binding and arranging them.

Free Research Field

日本近代文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

太宰治の重要資料の発掘、公開促進、さらには文学館の展示等の催しに協力することができ、文学館、資料館と研究者との相互連携の前例を作ることができたと考える。また、そのこうした調査の成果を生かした『太宰治論』（東京大学出版会、2021年12月）が、2024年３月に日本学士院賞を受賞し、特別資料を生かした近代文学研究のあり方として、社会的な評価を得ることができたものと考えている。