2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Jesuit Valignano and Salesian Cimatti: the two Italian priestsand the Japanese language

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22720207
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Japanese language education
Research Institution	SALESIAN POLYTECHNIC
Principal Investigator	MURATA Masami サレジオ工業高等専門学校, 一般教育科, 准教授 (40390471)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2012
Keywords	異文化理解 / 異文化コミュニケーション
Research Abstract	This research introduces a historical study in respect of intercultural communication based on comparisons between the vision of the Jesuit priest Alessandro Valignano in the sixteenth-century Japan and the vision of the Salesian priest Vincenzo Cimatti in the twentieth-century Japan, with regard to Japanese language and culture. The two priests have many common aspects and they are still highly esteemed for their efforts to create an educational environment for the succeeding generations and for applying the concept of "accommodatio" to their intercultural communication with Japanese people.

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