A Study of Postwar Avant-garde Art Based on a Survey of Sogetsu-kai Materials: Focusing on Kobo Abe and Hiroshi Teshigahara

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K00519
• 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: Konan University
• Principal Investigator: Tomoda Yoshiyuki 甲南大学, 文学部, 准教授 (40516803)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 安部公房 / 勅使河原宏 / アダプテーション / 日本近現代文学 / 映画 / 前衛芸術 / アヴァンギャルド

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study shed new light on some of the realities and significance of how the postwar avant-garde art movement in Japan came to fruition in practices across genres such as literature, film, and drama. Based on research conducted at the Sogetsu-kai archives, I have published essays on such works as Ikebana, Explosion Course, 240 Hours in One Day, Film Mosaic, and Beasts Head for Home, as well as a digital reconstruction of the film of Explosion Course. In my edited book Filmmakers 22: Hiroshi Teshigahara and a collection of articles to be published by Edinburgh University Press, I discuss in detail Hiroshi Teshigahara's work as a film director, along with the background thereof. In addition, I have also collaborated with local cinemas on joint projects to disseminate research results.

Free Research Field

日本近現代文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

戦後日本のアヴァンギャルド芸術運動において、ジャンルを横断した実践がどのように結実したか、その実態と意義の一部を新たに解明したことは、主に日本文学史、日本映画史、日本美術史、文学と映画の比較研究といった学術領域に新たな知見と一定のインパクトをもたらした。特に、一般財団法人草月会所蔵のフィルムをデジタル化し、映画館や国際映画祭での特別上映を実現できたことは、学術的貢献にとどまらず、一般の映画ファンにも日本映画の魅力を訴える社会的意義があった。『フィルムメーカーズ22勅使河原宏』や、エジンバラ大学出版から刊行予定の論文集も、日本の前衛芸術運動に関する知見を国内外に広く波及させるだろう。