Study and analysis of the collection of Akutagawa Ryunosuke's autographs and research on the construction and utilization of a comprehensive Database

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K00298
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02010:Japanese literature-related
• Research Institution: Yokohama City University
• Principal Investigator: SHOJI Tatsuya 横浜市立大学, 国際教養学部(教養学系), 教授 (60275998)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 奥野 久美子 大阪市立大学, 大学院文学研究科, 准教授 (50378494)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 芥川龍之介 / 近代文学 / 直筆資料 / 書簡 / 原稿 / 日本 / 映像 / 久米正雄

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the research field about Akutagawa Ryunosuke, an important place is occupied by the many author's autographs now in the collections of several public institutions in Japan and around the world. Having grasped an overall picture of the material we completed the initial task of creating a database including all the information surveyed from the autographs. Concerning the database, almost all the essential data have been entered and we concluded the preliminary work finalized to carefully examine each data and to carry forward a joint effort with the institutions and individuals holding the autographs. Further, the restoration project of a cinematographic film formerly owned by Kume Masao has been conducted through the cooperation of Koriyama City in Fukushima Prefecture, where it was preserved, and the reconstructed footage has been released. While analysing Akutagawa's autographs in the collection of the same archive we clarified unknown details in some of the author’s manuscripts.

Free Research Field

日本近現代文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

国内外の各地の文学館、資料館、博物館、自治体などを中心に、個人コレクターも含めた多くの所蔵者（機関）を有する芥川龍之介直筆資料の所蔵状況を明らかにし、その有効な活用方法を検討することは、芥川研究にとどまらない近代文学研究に於ける研究基盤を整えることを目論むという意味合いに於いて、本研究課題が果たす役割は大変に意義あるものである。また、資料調査に関連して行った、福島県郡山市が所蔵する「久米正雄旧蔵映像資料」の修復作業の成果については、大正期における貴重な映像資料の発掘に繋がり、文学研究にとどまらぬ、文化史、地域史、郷土研究の領域においても有益な事業となったと云える。