Integrated Research for Database Construction of Drawing Textbooks in the Meiji Period

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H03502
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education on school subjects and activities
• Research Institution: Okayama University
• Principal Investigator: Akagi Rikako 岡山大学, 教育学研究科, 教授 (40211693)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 金子 一夫 茨城大学, 教育学部, 特任教授 (70114014) ; 角田 拓朗 神奈川県立歴史博物館, 学芸部, 主任学芸員 (80435825) ; 山口 健二 岡山大学, 教育学研究科, 教授 (90273424)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 美術教育史 / 図画教育 / 手工教育 / データベース / 教科書 / 画手本 / 鉛筆画 / 毛筆画

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Through building a web-based database of images printed on school drawing textbooks in the Meiji era, this research aims at getting a whole understanding of the world of art education in the modernizing days in Japan. In the spread of a new style of westernized drawings and paintings, no other media is more influential than drawing textbooks because the number of distributed copies was far larger. Appreciating the significance, some seekers have collected original materials, the availability of which is, however, recognized only by a small number of researchers.
As for the database open to public, two features can be emphasized. First, its specification is designed for easy expansions of contents, and some major collectors agreed to integrate their catalog into the database. Secondly, the image database implies more probabilities to be welcomed by researchers in wider fields, since the images in the Meiji-era textbooks are full of materials for representing the daily life at the time.

Free Research Field

教科教育学、美術科教育、美術教育史