A Study on Japan's Acceptance, Modifications and Representations of Western Cultures, Focusing on the Fantastic and the Supernatural in Literature

• Project/Area Number: 25511017
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: 文化学
• Research Institution: Doshisha University
• Principal Investigator: Shimokusu Masaya 同志社大学, 文学部, 教授 (90329532)
• Research Collaborator: HIGASHI Masao , 文芸評論家 ; KIDA Junichiro , 文筆家 ; HORISAWA Somon 三千院門跡, 門主 ; SATO Hisako ; TATSU Keiko 新潟県立小千谷高等学校, 図書室司書
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
• Keywords: 文化交流 / 幻想文学 / 大衆文化 / 翻訳 / 英文学 / 比較文学 / 日本文学 / 泉鏡花 / 国際情報交換 / イギリス / アイルランド / アメリカ / 文化交渉

Outline of Final Research Achievements

As Japan modernized herself, a great number of Western artworks flowed into Japan, and they have stimulated those engaging with various arts in Japan. As a result, even in contemporary Japan, many artworks make use of the subjects or motifs originating in the West. In many cases, those subjects or motifs have been modified or transformed to some extents since Japan had accepted them. This study, mainly focusing on the fantastic and the supernatural in literature, treats how such subjects and motifs were accepted in Japan, were modified or transformed in Japan, and have been globally represented. The main achievements of this study were published in several collections of academic articles, published by overseas publishers, and other ones also have been published and presented in diverse media.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Learning environments for students studying Japanese literature at the University of Hawai'i, Mãnoa (2018)
  • Author(s): 下楠昌哉
  • Journal Title: 同志社大学英語英文学研究 Volume: 99 Issue: 99 Pages: 91-113
  • DOI: 10.14988/pa.2018.0000000008
  • NAID: 120006454859
  • ISSN: 02861291
  • URL: https://doshisha.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/26091
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Presentation] The Fantastic in Twilight: Japanese Ghost Stories and Western Supernatural Fiction in Kyoka Izumi's Literature (2018)
  • Author(s): Masaya Shimokusu
  • Organizer: 39th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] An Impact of Translation: Styles and Rhythms of Traditional Oral Performances in Hirai Teiichi’s Translation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula (2016)
  • Author(s): Masaya Shimokusu
  • Organizer: The International Accociation for the Study of Irish Literatures
  • Place of Presentation: University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-29
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Dullahan in Anime: An Adaptation of the Irish Death Messenger in Japanese Popular Culture
  • Author(s): Masaya Shimokusu
  • Organizer: 25th Annual Meeting of the Southern Region, American Conference for Irish Studies: Ireland and the Supernatural
  • Place of Presentation: Embassy Suites, Fr. Lauderdale, FL, USA
• [Book] Supernatural Revamped: Timeworn Legends to Twenty-first Century Chic (2016)
  • Author(s): Barbara Brodman, James E. Doan, Masaya Shimokusu, C. Austin Hill, Scott Culpepper, Paul E.H. Davis, Kathleen W. Taylor Kollman, Darren Hibbs, Andrea Shaw Nevins, Tommy Kuusela, Claudia Schaefer, Raul Rodriguez-Hernandez, Ashley Szanter, Sarah Heaton, Jessica E. Birch, Simon Bacon et al.
  • Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• [Book] 幻想と怪奇の英文学ＩＩ－増殖進化編 (2016)
  • Author(s): 下楠昌哉、東雅夫、田多良俊樹、鈴木暁世、小川公代、岩田美喜、白川恵子、大沼由布、小宮真樹子、遠藤徹、石井有希子、桃尾美佳、有本志保、川島健、高橋路子、金谷益道、小川真理、金津和美、山口和彦、臼井雅美
  • Total Pages: 478
  • Publisher: 春風社
• [Book] The Supernatural Revamped: From Timeworn Legends to Twenty-First-Century Chic (2016)
  • Author(s): Masaya Shimokusu, et al.
  • Total Pages: 262
  • Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• [Book] Multiple Translation Communities in Contemporary Japan (2015)
  • Author(s): Masaya Shimokusu, et al.
  • Total Pages: 224
  • Publisher: Routledge
• [Book] Multiple Translation Communities in Contemporary Japan (2015)
  • Author(s): Beverley Curran, Titanila Matrai, Nana Sato-Rosenberg, James Welker, Caroline Norma, Jeffrey Angles, Claire Maree, Kim Jiyoung, Masaya Shimokusu, Piao Yin-ji
  • Total Pages: 224
  • Publisher: Routledge
• [Book] 幻想と怪奇の英文学 (2014)
  • Author(s): 下楠昌哉、東雅夫、金津和美、大沼由布、小宮真樹子、岩田美喜、小川公代、金谷益道、田多良俊樹、有元志保、臼井雅美、桃尾美佳、高橋路子
  • Publisher: 春風社
• [Book] 幻想と怪奇の英文学 (2014)
  • Author(s): 下楠昌哉ほか
  • Publisher: 春風社
• [Book] Celtic Connections: Irish-Scottish Relations and the Politics of Culture (2013)
  • Author(s): Masaya Shimokusu et al.
  • Publisher: Peter Lang
• [Book] The Universal Vampire: Origins and Evolution of a Legend (2013)
  • Author(s): Masaya Shimokusu et al.
  • Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• [Remarks] 同志社大学学術リポジトリ
  • URL: https://doors.doshisha.ac.jp/duar/repository/ir/26024/?lang=0&mode=0&opkey=R152386768200721&idx=4&chk_schema=10000&cate_schema=10000