Synthetic Research on Shimonoseki-War based on Western Records ＆ Archives

2000 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

• Project/Area Number: 10610319
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese history
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: HOYA(KUMAZAWA) Toru Historiographical Institute, The University of Tokyo Associate Professor., 史料編纂所, 助教授 (60195518)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): HAKOISHI Hiroshi Historiographical Institute, The University of Tokyo Associate Research, 史料編纂所, 助手 (60251477) ; YAMADA(SUGIMOTO) Fumiko (杉本 史子) Historiographical Institute, The University of Tokyo Associate Professor, 史料編纂所, 助教授 (10187669) ; YOKOYAMA Yoshinori Historiographical Institute, The University of Tokyo Professor., 史料編纂所, 教授 (90143536) ; ONO Sho Historiographical Institute, The University of Tokyo Associate Research, 史料編纂所, 助手 (70272507)
• Project Period (FY): 1998 – 2000
• Keywords: Japanese History / 19^<th> Century / Shimonoseki-War / Navy / Meiji Restoration / Foreign Records / Western Powers / China station

Research Abstract

We took an aim of the research at covering Western records ＆ archives broadly, and making it clear in the concrete, the process of the Shimonoseki-War and the international situation in 1863 to 1864.
Therefore, the research was carried out by cooperation with "Research on Historical Sources in European Countries concerning 19^<th> century of Japan ", Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), 1999-2000, 11691006.
We got a big result with excavation lots of original records of Great Britain, France, Dutch and The United States. We also got the military records and various kind of the data of the War, historical pictures through the research.
All the historical sources collected through the research are open to public use at Historiographical Institue of the University of Tokyo.