Basic Research for the study and publication of materials in the collection of Mr. Natsuya Mitsuyoshi

2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23520183
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Study of the arts/History of the arts/Arts in general
• Research Institution: Shirayuri College
• Principal Investigator: ISHII Naoto 白百合女子大学, 文学部, 教授 (30232234)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): SHIRAI Sumiko 白百合女子大学, 文学部, 教授 (80154350) ; SASAKI Yuriko 白百合女子大学, 文学部, 助教 (50439501)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Keywords: 芸術諸学 / 文学一般 / 児童文化 / 教育学 / 翻訳児童文学出版史

Research Abstract

In this research, we classified and maintained an extensive volume of handwritten documents (21,540 items) and newspaper clippings (29,654 items) about picture books, children's literature and children's culture, collected by Mr. Natsuya Mitsuyoshi (1904-89). As a translator, a reviewer and an editor, he brought superior picture books and children's literature to Japan. We constructed a useful database for researcher, editor and translator of picture books and children's literature. Though we need to continue the investigation of the data, by building a database and re-classifying the materials under new categorization method, we could clarify the whole picture of the collection, and, at the same time, we could re-acknowledge its true historical value.