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The Research of the foreign E-dehon and The Constrcution of a visual database

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14310030
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Fine art history
Research InstitutionKanazawa College of Art

Principal Investigator

OTA Shoko  Kanazawa College of Art, Art and Craft, Professor, 美術工芸学部, 教授 (00285173)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) ONISHI Hiroshi  Musashi University, Faculty of Humanities, Professor, 人文学部, 教授 (30011307)
HOSHINO Suzu  Tokyo Zokei University, Faculty of Zokei(art and design), Professor, 造形学部, 教授 (90366378)
YASUI Ayumi  Kanazawa College of Art, Art and Craft, Associate Professor, 美術工芸学部, 助教授 (30275086)
Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2005
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2005)
Budget Amount *help
¥12,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,800,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥3,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥3,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥3,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥2,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000)
Keywordse-dehon / wood-block printing / visual database / pictorial image / Edo period / イメージ・データベース / 美術教育 / 出版
Research Abstract

The aim of this project is to probe an almost unstudied field in Japanese art history : e-dehon, or Japanese Edo-period published art manuals. E-dehon played a very important historical role in compiling and spreading all sorts of East Asian traditional pictorial images by means of newly started media of wood-block printing. The central task for this initiative study is of course a quite practical one, that is, collecting as many photographed materials as possible of e-dehon books now owned in foreign museums and libraries and making them available for researchers and students of Japanese art history. We set up our final goal of this four-year project at the construction of a visual database of e-dehon in possession of major foreign collections with a comprehensive index of artistic subjects and motifs. We conducted 12 research travels beginning with British Library in London, resulting in photographing all the pages of about 800 titles (25,000 digital images). Along with, and on the basis of those efforts, in February, 2005, we had a symposium at Kanazawa College of Art. The 15 papers deriving from the symposium are scheduled to be published this coming August as part of this project. The major outcome, the visual database, has been completed and will very soon be made available with computerized motif-indices. We hope this will contribute greatly not only to art his torians but to any other members of related fields of study. Also should a further investigation be continued.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2005 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2004 Annual Research Report
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • 2002 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2006 2003

All Journal Article (2 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] The Report of Symposium on Ehon /Edehon2006

    • Author(s)
      OTA, Shoko
    • Journal Title

      Kanazawa-Geijyutsugaku-Kenkyukai (published)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] The Report of Research on Japanese illustrated Books in Edo-period in Europe 20032003

    • Author(s)
      KASHIO, Saori, TACHINAMI, Sawako
    • Journal Title

      GAKUHO no.10

      Pages: 52-57

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] 絵手本シンポジウム報告書2006

    • Author(s)
      太田昌子監修
    • Total Pages
      156
    • Publisher
      絵手本研究会
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report 2005 Final Research Report Summary

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Published: 2002-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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