Creation of Dolls and Gender in Modern Japan

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25760012
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Gender
• Research Institution: Chiba University
• Principal Investigator: KIRA Tomoko 千葉大学, 大学院人文社会科学研究科, 人文社会科学研究科特別研究員 (40450796)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 人形 / ジェンダー / 美術 / 表象 / 女性 / 表現

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examined the women who made dolls of modern Japan form the perspective
of gender. Especially, I paid my attention to the genderization of dolls, and I inspected the process of excluding women who made dolls from modern art and the relations between the making of dolls and their femininity. Primarily, I revealed that by the genderization of dolls, these were excluded from art. However, for re-genderization of dolls in the 1930’s a Sosaku-Ningyo(dolls made by doll artists) by male artists was included of art, on the other hand, a Furansu-Ningyo(dolls made from cloth) by women were not included from art. Second, I clarified that a furansu-ningyo certified the women who make it have femininity.

Free Research Field

近代日本美術史、ジェンダー論