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The purpose of the research entrusted to this project is as follows. "The purpose of this research is to createthe basic bibliographic data of japanese classics in abroad, investigating synthetically and systematically Japanese classics, Chinese books possessed in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Also, striving for its public presentation and dispatch, it would contribute to the training of next generation researchers of Japan-U.S. "Japanology", and the construction of Japanology researcher community. " According to the purpose, the following result was achieved. We carried out a field survey in May, August, and October 2012. The Japanese team of Nakano Mitsutoshi, Robert Campbell and Harvard University team of Yukio Lippit accumulated the bibliographic data, such as a title, an author, and a publication year through deliberations with Museumof Fine Arts, Boston. And, created the bibliographic data printed in the WEB, which will be sent towards the world from Museum of Fine Arts, Bosto
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n . As a result, the investigation on most ofJapanese classics possessed in MFA, which amounts to about 7000 works and 30,000 volumes or more, was completed. Before carrying out this project , we presumed that they would be only about 3000 works, but it became clear that the number of Japanese classics ,which predecessors such as William Sturgis Bigelow, Edward-Sylvester Morse, Ernest-Francisco Fenollosa and Kakuzo Okakura (Tenshin) collected with passion, is the twice of our presumption. So, we will be able to say that the number of picture-book and works possessed in MFA is bigger than that of any other museums in the world. Add to that, in order to train excellent next-generation Japanology researchers and specialists for japanese classics, we carried out the literacy of japanese classics and the seminar. Also, we strived for the training of researchers in Boston, engaging in the research together so that they may be able to do themselves in the future. I would also like to write that the network over the information, concerning about whereabouts of Japanese classics ,was formed between 22 organizations (11 domestics and 11 overseas.) Using this network, Kyushu University wants to become a base of research over this research: Japanese classics, and collecting the information of whereabouts, we are going to disseminatewhat is concerned to our research. Less
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