A Study of a History of Nineteenth-Century Japanese Painting

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24720054
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Aesthetics/Art history
• Research Institution: Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History
• Principal Investigator: TSUNODA Takuro 神奈川県立歴史博物館, その他部局等, その他 (80435825)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 洋画 / 銅版画 / 19世紀

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project aims toward the long-term goal of constructing a history of nineteenth-century Japanese painting and is motivated by the desire for a more vivid account of the artists and artworks of the Bakumatsu and Meiji periods. Because the existing research fields of early modern and modern Japanese painting are each quite robust, each has avoided constructing an active account of the areas of study that intervene between the two periods.
Especially, my report considers the this case, "from yofuga to yoga." During my research, I examined several works of early modern Western-style painting but was unable to identify any elements that were held in common by all the paintings. I have come to the conclusion that the possibilities engendered by emphasizing the continuities between Edo Western-style painting and Meiji yōga are limited.

Free Research Field

美術史