2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

History of the Excavation of the Ban-la-cheng,Bohai and the Diplomacy in the Modern East Asia,from the Perspective of SAITO Masaru's Posthumous Collection

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24820054
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Asian history
Research Institution	Waseda University
Principal Investigator	MORITA Satoko 早稲田大学, 教育・総合科学学術院, 助手 (10631947)
Project Period (FY)	2012-08-31 – 2014-03-31
Keywords	斎藤優 / 遺稿 / 渤海半拉城 / GHQ / 台湾国立故宮博物院 / 中華民国 / 遺物移管 / 駒井和愛
Research Abstract	(1)This research clarified the value of SAITO Masaru's posthumous collection as historical records in following points:First,it clarified the history of the excavations of the Ban-la-cheg and the difference in perception of the Manchukuo organization;Second, it reconstructed process of creating SAITO's reports;Third it grasped SAITO's honest feelings and ideas. (2)This research clarified the process of the transfer of the Ban-la-cheng relics from excavating to possession by today's institutions. (3)It was clarified that the relics from the Bohai ruins which are possessed by the National Palace Museum in Taiwan and the Aizu Yaichi Museum in WASEDA University, Japan were unpublished in Japan until now, therefore they are new materials.Furthere it clarified from which ruins the relics were excavated and how they were transfered from the excavation place to the depository of today's institution.

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