Rereading the publishing records by focusing on the printing block, building the database for publishing records

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25770097
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: KANEKO Takaaki 立命館大学, 衣笠総合研究機構, 准教授 (20411150)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 板木 / 版木 / 板本 / 版本 / 出版記録 / デジタルアーカイブ / データベース

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The printing blocks were the fundamental tool of the commercial publishing in Japanese early modern era (from 17th to 19th century). Therefore, this research tried to read the publishing records paying attention to how the printing blocks were treated in the realm of the commercial publishing. Accordingly, this research have built text data archive of the publishing records, expanding digital archives for printing blocks and printed books. Combining them, the project developed a comprehensive digital archive of early modern publishing in Japan.

Free Research Field

近世出版