Basic Research for the study and publication of materials for children's culture in the collection of Prof. Hiroyuki Tomita

2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20520130
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Study of the arts/History of the arts/Arts in general
• Research Institution: Shirayuri College
• Principal Investigator: ISHII Naoto Shirayuri College, 文学部, 教授 (30232234)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): SASAKI Yuriko 白百合女子大学, 文学部, 助教 (50439501)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Keywords: 芸術諸学 / 文学一般 / 演劇 / 児童文化 / 教育

Research Abstract

In this research, we classified an extensive volume of documentary materials (7,837 items) and newspaper clippings (12,317 items) about children's theatre and drama education in Japan, collected by Prof. Hiroyuki Tomita (1922-1994). It should widely serve as primary sources for researching the changes of children's culture in future.
By building a database and re-classifying the materials under new categorization method, we made clear the whole picture of the collection, and, at the same time, we could re-acknowledge its true historical value.