2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study of Merchant Houses in Colonial India
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26770054
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Fine art history
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| Research Institution | Kindai University (2016)
National Museum of Ethnology (2014-2015) |
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Principal Investigator |
TOYOYAMA Aki 近畿大学, 国際学部, 講師 (40511671)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | インド / 戦間期 / 商家建築 / タイル / 日本 / ナショナリズム |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Mercantile communities such as Marwaris and Chettiars are known for their success in colonial economy in British India. This study researched their residential mansions that were constructed between the 1830s-1930s in respective home villages. While the mansions were initially decorated with traditional materials and motifs, interwar period saw drastic changes in this trend. With the increase of anti-British movement, murals and tile decorations in those mansions were executed with made-in-Japan materials rather than British ones because the movement encouraged Indian people to protest British goods. Therefore, this study concludes that Indian nationalism was impacted by the consumption of Japanese goods by Indian people as shown in merchant houses.
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| Free Research Field |
美術史
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