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2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Comprehensive Research on the Kamei Koreaki Collection

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14390016
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 広領域
Research InstitutionTHE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO

Principal Investigator

KINOSHITA Naoyuki  The University of Tokyo, Graduate school of Humanities and Sociology, Professor, 大学院・人文社会系研究科, 教授 (30292858)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SATO Kenji  The University of Tokyo, Graduate school of Humanities and Sociology, Associate Professor, 大学院・人文社会系研究科, 助教授 (50162425)
KANG Ung  The University of Tokyo, Graduate school of Humanities and Sociology, Assistant, 大学院・人文社会系研究科, 助手 (00334269)
TSUKIMURA Tatsuo  The University of Tokyo, Graduate school of Humanities and Sociology, Professor, 大学院・人文社会系研究科, 教授 (50143342)
TAKANO Akira  Atomi University, Faculty of Humanities, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (50337474)
OZEKI Miyuki  The University of Tokyo, Graduate school of Humanities and Sociology, Assistant, 大学院・人文社会系研究科, 助手 (10361552)
Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2004
KeywordsKamei, Koreaki / Kamei, Koremi / The Kamei Koreaki Collection / Tsuwano domain / The Kamei Onkokan / Matugasaki, Tsumunaga / the Kamei Collection at the University of Tokyo Library / Photography of the Sino-Jananese War
Research Abstract

Because it spans a wide range of fields, including photography, painting, books and textiles, the Kamei Koreaki Collection has to date only been subject to partial investigation. But with the cooperation of the Kamei Onkokan in the town of Tsuwano, Shimane Prefecture, our project has largely been able to achieve its goal of a comprehensive investigation and analysis of the primary sources of the collection. We have organized the photos he took during his period of study in Berlin and resolved the process by which he mastered photographic techniques. We have clarified his copies of Renaissance paintings during his period of study in London, his study of art history at Berlin University and his exchanges with artists after his return to Japan. Along with our analysis of the contents of the Kamei Collection at the University of Tokyo Library, we have traced the route by which he obtained books in Germany. In the textile portion of the collection we have simply produced an overall picture … More of the collection due to its enormous size.
In addition, our project has been able to contribute to an understanding of the man who compiled the collection, Kamei Koreaki. There are two major backgrounds to Kamei's activities. One comes from the ways the intellectual and religious aspects of the Meiji Restoration contributed to his perspective as the head of the former Tsuwano domain and a member of the new aristocracy and his strong sense of responsibility to contribute to the construction of the state. The other, which may also derive from his origins in the aristocracy, was his strong interest in culture. The 1890s, when he returned from his study at Berlin University, corresponds to the period in which Japan began to take on the appearance of a modern state, as symbolized by the promulgation of the Meiji Constitution. During this time, the world of art was also searching for a new artistic image in the wake of the tensions between early Meiji tendencies toward Western art and the subsequent reaction toward nationalism. Kamei hoped to actively take part in the debate but his efforts were left unfulfilled due to illness.
By elucidating Kamei's interactions with his contemporaries-such as his adopted father, lord of the former Tsuwano domain, Kamei Koremi, Nishi Amane, his brother the architect Matsugasaki Tsumunaga, the German architects responsible for the planning of the central bureaucratic offices of Tokyo, Ende and Beckmann, the sculptor Naito Yozo, and the painter Takahashi Genkichi - we have been able to bring into relief another aspect of the history of cultural exchanges between Japan and Germany.
A portion of our research results can been seen in the special exhibit, "The Cameraman Count : Kamei Koreaki," on display at the Shimane Prefectural Museum of Art, October 8 through November 28, 2004. We also made efforts to make public unpublished photos in the report of our research results. Less

  • Research Products

    (14 results)

All 2005 2004 2003 2002 Other

All Journal Article (12 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] 殿様の銅像2005

    • Author(s)
      木下直之
    • Journal Title

      講座日本美術史 4

      Pages: 91-122

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 明治維新と名古屋城2005

    • Author(s)
      木下直之
    • Journal Title

      講座日本美術史 6

      Pages: 13-44

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Bronze Statue of Daimyo2005

    • Author(s)
      Kinoshita, Naoyuki
    • Journal Title

      Studies in the History of Japanese Art, University of Tokyo Press Vol.4

      Pages: 91-122

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The Meiji Restoration and the Nagoya Castle2005

    • Author(s)
      Kinoshita, Naoyuki
    • Journal Title

      Studies in the History of Japanese Art, University of Tokyo Press Vol.6

      Pages: 13-44

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] "Gedanken uber das letzte Werk J. E. Hummels" Zaubereiender Canidia und Sagana2005

    • Author(s)
      Ozeki Miyuki
    • Journal Title

      Studies in Art History No.21

      Pages: 124-145

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] フンメル作《カニディアとサガナの魔法》に関する一考察2004

    • Author(s)
      尾関幸
    • Journal Title

      美術史論叢 21

      Pages: 110-124

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 三菱製鉄兼二浦製鉄所に関する技術史的検討2003

    • Author(s)
      姜雄
    • Journal Title

      技術史 4

      Pages: 1-20

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] ルネサンス期人文主義者のディアレクティック2003

    • Author(s)
      月村辰雄
    • Journal Title

      古典学の再構築研究成果報告書 8

      Pages: 8-14

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Dialectic of Renaissance Humanists2003

    • Author(s)
      Tsukimura, Tatsuo
    • Journal Title

      Reconstruction of Classical Studies, Research Project, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research no.8

      Pages: 8-14

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 『柳田国男全集』の編集から見えてきたもの2002

    • Author(s)
      佐藤健二
    • Journal Title

      柳田国男研究論集 1

      Pages: 31-52

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The Result of Editing of Complete Works of Yanagita Kunio

    • Author(s)
      Sato, Kenji
    • Journal Title

      Study on Yanagita Kunio No.1

      Pages: 31-52

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Tecnological Study on the Kennipo Steel Works of Mitsubishi Steel

    • Author(s)
      Kang, Ung
    • Journal Title

      History of Technology No.4

      Pages: 1-20

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] 明治初期東京大学法理文学部図書館史2004

    • Author(s)
      高野彰
    • Total Pages
      413
    • Publisher
      ゆまに書房
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Book] History of the University of Tokyo Library in Early Meiji Period2004

    • Author(s)
      Takano, Akira
    • Publisher
      Yumani Syobo
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2007-12-13  

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