Renaissance Culture and Japan's Christian Century (1549-1650)

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25284022
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of thought
• Research Institution: Gakushuin Women's College
• Principal Investigator: Nejime Kenichi 学習院女子大学, 国際文化交流学部, 教授 (50208287)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): ORII YOSHIMI 慶応大学, 法学部, 准教授 (80453869) ; KUWAKINO KOJI 大阪大学, 文学研究科, 准教授 (30609441) ; SAWAI TADASHI 順天堂大学, 医学部, 助教 (40407268) ; HIGASHI SHINICHIRO 東海大学, 文学部, 准教授 (10366065) ; HIRAOKA RYUJI 熊本県立大学, 文学部, 准教授 (10637622)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: キリシタン / ルネサンス / 東西文化交流 / 人文主義 / アリストテレス主義 / イエズス会 / 日本 / ヨーロッパ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project addressed the intellectual culture of the European Renaissance, which was introduced in Japan and East Asia during “Japan’s Christian Century” (1549-1650), and its background, reception and transformation. As its main outcome, three international conference in English were held in 2013, 2014 and 2015. Another important activity was the organization of special panels in the framework of the annual meetings of the Renaissance Society of America held in New York (2014), Berlin (2015) and Boston (2016). The volume of collected articles "The Microcosm of Knowledge" was published from Chuo-koron Publisher as the major publication in 2014, followed by a series of research articles. The project also organized research workshops and internet lectures as social impact activity.

Free Research Field

西欧思想史