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The japanese-italian relations and the issue of treaty revision in the 1880s: focusing on the italian foreign policy toward Japan in the early Meiji Period

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K23120
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section 0103:History, archaeology, museology, and related fields
Research InstitutionDoshisha University

Principal Investigator

Pozzi Carlo Edoardo  同志社大学, 文学研究科, 助手 (10844102)

Project Period (FY) 2019-08-30 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
KeywordsTraty revision / Japn-Italy relations / Inoue Kaoru / Silkworm eggs trade / Nabeshima Naohiro / Meiji Era / Asano Nagakoto / Unequal treaty / Silkeorm eggs / Japn.Italy relations / treaty revision / Japan-Italy relations / diplomatic relations / Meiji History / Itatalian diplomacy
Outline of Research at the Start

I intend to analyze as completely as possible the diplomatic relations between Japan and Italy regarding the treaty revision during the management of the Japanese Foreign Ministry by Inoue Kaoru (1879-1887) and Okuma Shigenobu (1888-1889), using both Italian and Japanese primary sources.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

1.By focusing my analysis on the the trade activity that the silkworm eggs company Kawajiri-gumi from Akita Prefecture performed via its branch office in in northern Italy, I shed some light on the impact that the decline in demand for Japanese silkworm eggs from Italian in the 1880s had on the treaty revision negotiations between Japan and Italy.
2.I examined the diplomatic activities conducted in Italy by the Japanese Minister Plenipotentiary to Italy Nabeshima Naohiro (in
office between 1880 and 1882) and by his successor Asano Nagakoto (in office between 1882 and 1884). As a result, I come to the conclusion that that they played a strategic role in developing Japan-Italy treaty revision relations in line with Foreign Minister Inoue Kaoru’s foreign policy during the early years of Meiji era.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は19世紀においてイタリア王国が日本で果たした役割を再評価し、この国が日本との蚕種貿易関係、そして条約改正問題に対するその外交政策を通じて明治政府の対外方針において戦略的重要性を持っていたことを解明した。そうすることで、本研究の結果の影響により、明治時代における最初の日伊関係に関してはもちろん、近代日本と他国間の国際関係に関しても様々な新しい反省や発見を発生させることが期待されている。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2020 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2021 2020 2019

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] IL MINISTRO PLENIPOTENZIARIO DEL GIAPPONE IN ITALIA NABESHIMA NAOHIRO E IL SUO RUOLO NELLA STORIA DELLE RELAZIONI ITALO-GIAPPONESI (1880-1882)2020

    • Author(s)
      Carlo Edoardo Pozzi
    • Journal Title

      Studi Italici

      Volume: 70 Issue: 0 Pages: 99-123

    • DOI

      10.20583/studiitalici.70.0_99

    • NAID

      130007980748

    • ISSN
      0387-2947, 2424-1547
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] L’attivita commerciale della Kawajiri-gumi a Torino (1880-1885) e la crisi del mercato serico italo-giapponese negli anni 18802020

    • Author(s)
      Carlo Edoardo Pozzi
    • Journal Title

      Mediterranea - ricerche storiche

      Volume: 50 Pages: 671-696

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Il Ministro Plenipotenziario in Italia Asano Nagakoto e il suo ruolo nelle relazioni italo-giapponesi negli anni 1882-1884: da un'analisi delle fonti primarie giapponesi2020

    • Author(s)
      Carlo Edoardo Pozzi
    • Journal Title

      Orientalia Parthenopea

      Volume: 19 Pages: 223-238

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A political consideration on the Japan-Italy Treaty Revision Relations during the Inoue Kaoru Foreign Affairs Era (1879- 1887): Centering on Official Japanese Primary Sources2021

    • Author(s)
      POZZI Carlo Edoardo
    • Organizer
      The 16th EAJS International Conference EAJS(国際学会)
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A political consideration on the Japan-Italy Treaty Revision Relations during the Inoue Kaoru Foreign Affairs Era (1879-1887): Centering on Official Japanese Primary Sources2021

    • Author(s)
      POZZI Carlo Edoardo
    • Organizer
      The 16th EAJS International Conference EAJS
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Le relazioni italo-giapponesi e il problema della revisione dei trattati negli anni ’80 dell'Ottocento2019

    • Author(s)
      POZZI Carlo Edoardo
    • Organizer
      13th Conference of “MANABU” at ISEAS (Italian School of East Asian Studies) of Kyoto.
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Kawajiri-gumi’s commercial initiative in Turin (1880-1886) and the Italy-Japan silk trade in early Meiji period2019

    • Author(s)
      POZZI Carlo Edoardo
    • Organizer
      The 3rd EAJS (European Association for Japanese Studies) Conference in Japan
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 駐イタリア日本特命全権公使浅野長勲の外交活動についての政治的考察――1880年代前半における日伊外交関係を軸に――2019

    • Author(s)
      POZZI Carlo Edoardo
    • Organizer
      67th Conference of ITARIAGAKKAI (Association of Italian Studies in Japan)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 駐イタリア日本特命全権公使鍋島直大と日伊関係史におけるその役割ー日伊両国の一次史料を中心にー2019

    • Author(s)
      POZZI Carlo Edoardo
    • Organizer
      2019 Conference of BUNKASHIGAKKAI (Japanese Association for Cultural History Studies)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2019-09-03   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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