Global Trade and the taste for Far Eastern exotic objects: The Role of 17-19th century's Japanese collection

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25284027
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Aesthetics and studies on art
• Research Institution: National Museum of Japanese History
• Principal Investigator: Hidaka Kaori 国立歴史民俗博物館, 大学共同利用機関等の部局等, 教授 (80230944)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 櫻庭 美咲 国立歴史民俗博物館, 大学共同利用機関等の部局等, 機関研究員 (20425151) ; 澤田 和人 国立歴史民俗博物館, 大学共同利用機関等の部局等, 准教授 (80353374) ; 荒川 正明 学習院大学, 文学部, 教授 (70392884) ; 山崎 剛 金沢美術工芸大学, 美術工芸学部, 教授 (70210391)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): YOSHIDA Masako 京都市立芸術大学, 造形学部, 教授 (40405238)
• Research Collaborator: Vialle Cynthia ライデン大学, 文学部歴史研究科, 研究員
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 工芸 / 東西交流 / 漆器 / 陶磁器 / シノワズリ / 収集

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have investigated the reception of Japanese art from the 17th to the 19th century in Europe, focusing on the exportation of Japanese lacquer, poecelain, textile and screens. Our study also examined the formation of the far-Eastern collecitons in this period.
(1) We made a series of separate reserches on the Japanese extant objects in Europe and chinese and European objects displayed in the European chinoiserie interiors.(2)We examinerd the source materioals such as documents of East Indian companies and the inventories of the collecitons to find out the informations about the the objects.

Free Research Field

美術史