Progressive Study on Reception and Evaluation of Kokugaku by the pioneer British Japanologists

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370768
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese history
• Research Institution: Kagoshima University
• Principal Investigator: TORAO Tatsuya 鹿児島大学, 法文教育学域法文学系, 教授 (30164065)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: アストン / サトウ / 国学 / 蔵書目録

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I investigated mainly at some libraries in the UK. At Cambridge I found many pencil notes of W.G.Aston and E.M.Satow written in Kokugaku books, and confirmed that both read Kokugaku books carefully and eagerly together. As a result, Ｉmade it clear that Aston used critically and objectively the opinions in those Kokugaku books when he wrote his footnotes of "Nihongi".

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日本史