2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Pioneering New Domains Through Comprehensive Research Study of Porto Namban Byobu Folding Screens

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Project/Area Number	21K18119
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Pioneering)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Review Section	Medium-sized Section 3:History, archaeology, museology, and related fields
Research Institution	Kanagawa University
Principal Investigator	Sekiguchi Hiroo 神奈川大学, 国際日本学部, 教授 (60460127)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	昆政明神奈川大学, 国際日本学部, 教授 (10747182) 泉水英計神奈川大学, 経営学部, 教授 (20409973) 岡美穂子東京大学, 大学院情報学環・学際情報学府, 准教授 (30361653) 久留島典子神奈川大学, 国際日本学部, 教授 (70143534) 吉澤達也神奈川大学, 人間科学部, 教授 (90267724) 森脇優紀東京大学, 大学院経済学研究科(経済学部), 特任助教 (90733460)
Project Period (FY)	2021-07-09 – 2024-03-31
Keywords	南蛮屏風 / 下張り文書 / ポルト / エヴォラ / 常民
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The purpose of this study is to establish a method for comprehensive, material science research of the folding screens taken overseas from Japan (overseas Japanese folding screens) as a whole, focusing primarily on the Nanban folding screens in the collection of the Soares dos Reis National Museum in Porto, Portugal (hereafter referred to as Porto Nanban folding screens). Folding screens and sliding doors are, so to speak, "composite materials" consisting of paintings, frames, cracks, and extremely old documents (underlying documents). This study aims to undertake an international, interdisciplinary study of the Porto Nanban folding screens, integrating academic knowledge from history, art history, architectural history, folk tools, cultural anthropology, Christian history, information science, and other fields, as well as experiential knowledge regarding the restoration of extremely old documents.
Free Research Field	日本近世史
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	海外に持ち出された屏風・襖の総合的研究は、文物の移動や人びとの交流に関する歴史の新たな一面を解き明かす可能性を秘めている。ポルト南蛮屏風以外にも在外日本屏風の存在は知られており、本研究の進展は、日本とポルトガルだけでなく、日本と世界の複雑な交流史・関係史に新たな光をあてる新領域の開拓に繋がる。