| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Over one century has passed since the first Japanese emmigration to South America started. The Japanese-language community is drastically shrinking today and we attend nearly the last phase of its life. This research is intended to observe the literary activities, hub of Japanese-language community, in Brazil and Argentine. In Brazil I visited Sao Paulo and Tome-Acu (Para) to interview with the amateur haiku poets who are mostly over 80 years old. We discussed the description of nature and homesickness expressed in their pieces. In Argentine, I interviewed Mr. Choichi Sakihara, who had worked for the only Japanese newspaper and the literary magazine for many years. I also visited the Archive of Japanese-Argentine Immigration in the suburbs of Buenos Aires and discovered a dozen of issues of Japanese-language literary bulletins. These will become a basis for the future investigation on the formation and transformation of Japanese culture in South America.
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