2022 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Confucian Dress Regulations in Tokugawa Japan: Negotiating Alternative Conceptions of the Social and Political Order between the Seventeenth and Early Nineteenth Century
| Project/Area Number |
20K12835
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| Research Institution | Teikyo University |
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Principal Investigator |
リネペ アンドレ 帝京大学, 文学部, 講師 (80828012)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | conference paper / primary sources / conference panel / Dazai Shundai / research assistant |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
The following results were achieved during the period under review:
(1) Organizing a conference panel and presenting research results at the "18. Deutschsprachiger Japanologentag" (18th German speaking Japanese studies conference in Duesseldorf)
(2) Organizing the panel "Normative Orders in Tokugawa Japan: Intellectual Discourses and Cultural Practices" at the Asian Studies Conference in Japan 2023 (July 2023 in Tokyo) where results of the present research will be presented and discussed with specialists in the field
(3) Research trip to the city of Iida (Nagano) and analysis of primary sources by the Confucian scholar Dazai Shundai (1680-1747) in local archives
(4) Analysis of primary sources together with a specialist assistant on a weekly basis (Dazai Shundai, Hayashi Razan etc)
(5)Survey of secondary literature regarding the theory of dress and history of dress regulations in Asia/Europe
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
The execution of research one and two was delayed due the influence on the research environment by the worldwide Covid-pandemic. According to the original research schedule for the period under review the analysis of primary sources of the late 18th and early 19th century as well as the presentation of research results was planned. This plan was slightly delayed. However, because a one-year-extension of the present research project was granted the completion of the project by the beginning of the year 2024 is to be expected.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
The key objective for the year 2023 is the presentation of research results at national and international conferences and in order to discuss them with specialists in the field. Furthermore, the publication of two articles presenting results of the present research is planned. Moreover, preparations for a book publication of the present research project in the year 2024/25 are expected to be completed by the end of the year 2023 (the presentation is planned for the year 2024/25)
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| Causes of Carryover |
The incurring amount of funding is going to be used for the completion of research phase 3 and the preparation of a book publication of the research results of the present project. Furthermore, additional research trips to archives around Japan are planned, e.g. the Library of Osaka University. Finally, the acquisition of primary sources, collection of edited primary sources as well as new secondary literature is required.
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