Title INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN HUMANITIES STAFFAND SEMINARS 2005
Author(s)
Citation ZINBUN (2006), 38: 115-125
Issue Date 2006-03
URL http://hdl.handle.net/2433/48827
Right © Copyright March 2006, Institute for Research in HumanitiesKyoto University.
Type Departmental Bulletin Paper
Textversion publisher
Kyoto University
INSTITUTEFORRESEARCHINHUMANITIES
STAFFANDSEMINARS
2005
AcademicStaff
DepartmentofHumanities
Professors
FUJII ぅMasato ラPh.D. (Univ.ofHelsinki) う Indo logυ /Vedic StudiesMIZUNO ぅNaoki ぅD.Litt. (KyotoUniv.) , Political αnd SocialHistoryofKore αunder Jαpαnese
RuleOURA, Yasusuke , Ph.D.(U.ofParis 甲VII ) ぅ L iter，α ry Theory
TAKEZAWA ぅYasuko ， Ph.D.(Univ.ofWashington) う Ethr昨α nd RαcωStudies; Anthropol-
og υ
TANAKA ぅMasakazu うPh.D. (U.ofLondon) う Social AnthropologyofSouthAsi α & Jαpαn
TOMINAGA ぅShigeki ぅD.Litt. (KyotoU凶v.) ， Sociolog υof KnowledgeUSAMI ぅHitoshi う Modern FrenchLiter ，αture
YAMAMURO ぅShiniehi うLL.D. (KyotoU凶v.) ， HistoryofJαpαnese Politic αI ThoughtYOKOYAMA ぅToshio ぅD.Phi l. (Univ.ofOxford) う Premodern Jαpαnese CulturalHistory
VisitingProfessor
MARUYAMA ヲHiroshi うD.Ag r. (KyotoU凶v.) う History ofJαpαnese Lαndsc αpe ArchitectureAssociateProfessors
IWAKI ぅTakuji うEα rly ModernJαpαnes e HistoryKAGOTANI, Naoto , D.Ecoll.(OsakaCityUlliv.) , EconomicHおtory ofModernJαpαη
KATO ぅKazuto ， D.Se.(KyotoUniv.) , Biology αηdLザe ScienceinPresent-d αυSociety
KOSEKI, Takashi う SociαI Historνof Victoriαn Britα仇 αηd Irelαnd
OHJI , Kentaぅ His toricαlαnd PoliticαI Thought 仇 EαrlνModern EuropeOKADA ぅAkeo ， D.Litt(OsakaUniv.) , Mωicologυ
TAKAGI, HiroshiヲPh.D. (HokkaidoUniv.) , ModernJαpαηese CulturalHisto 旬
TAKASHINA, ErikaぅPh.D. (Univ.ofTokyo) ぅ Modern Jαpαnes e ArtsandtheWestTANABE ぅAkio ヲ Anthropo logy/South Asi αn Are αStudies
VisitingAssociateProfessor
OGAT 九Yasushi うPh.D. (Univ.ofTokyo) う History ofThoughtinModernChinaAssistantProfessors
FUJIHARA, TatsushiうD.Human &Envirnmtl.Studies(KyotoU凶v.) ， Histor νof AgriculturalTechnique
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KIKUCHI, Akira , D.Litt.(OsakaUniv.) , Histo旬 。If ModernJαpαηese EthnographyKOMAKI, Sachiyo , SociαI AnthropologyofMuslimCommunitiesinSouthAsi α
KUBO ぅAkihiro ， Liter ，αγy TheoryKURASHIMA ぅAkira ， D.Litt.(KyotoUniv.) う Acquisitioη of Bod νTechniques 加 Mαrti αI ArtLE 孔Sung Yup ぅJαpαη ese Coloni αI Societ υin ModernKore α
SAKAMOTO ぅYuichiro ， TheModernHistoryofBritishF仇αnci αI NetworksTANAKA ぅYuriko ぅ History ofModernMedicine αnd PhilosophyoftheBodyTANIGAWA ぅYutaka ， HistoryofEduc αtion αnd ReligioninModernJ，αpαn
DepartmentofOrientalStudies
Professors
ASAHARA, Tatsuro , HistoryofAncientChin α
INAMI, Ryoichi う Cultural HistoryintheQingPeriodIWAI ぅShigeki ラ History ofChineseInstitutionsKIN ぅBunkyo ， ChineseLiter ，αture
MORI ヲTakihiko ぅD.Litt. (KyotoU山人) ぅ Cott on IndustryinModernChinaMUGITANI, Kunio , HistoryofChineseThoughtOKAMURA, Hidenoriう Archαeo logicαI StudyofAncientChin α
SOFUKAWA ぅHiroshi う Histo旬 。If ChineseArtTAKATA ぅTokio ぅPh.D. (E.H.E.S.S.) うD. Litt. (KyotoU凶v.) う History oftheChineseLαηー
gu αge
TAKEDA ぅTakimasa う Histoγν of ScientificThoughtinChin α
TANAKA ぅTan ， D.Eng.(Univ.ofTokyo) ぅ History ofChineseArchitec 如何
TOMIYA ぅ !taru ヲD.Litt. (KyotoU凶v.) ， LegalHistoryofChin α
AssociateProfessors
ESPOSITO ぅMonica ， Ph.D.(U.ofParis-VII) ぅ Ming/Qing Dαoism
FUNAYAMA ぅToru ぅ Scholas tic tTlαdition αnd pr ，αctice inIndi αn αnd ChineseBuddhismIKEDA ぅTakumi ， Sino-Tibet αn DialectologyINABA, Minoru , HistoryofEαrl υIslamic Exp αnsion totheEαst
ISHIKAWA, Yoshihiro , D.Litt.(KyotoUniv.) , Histo旬 。If theChineseCommunistPαrt υ
MIYAKE ヲKiyoshi ヲD.Litt. (KyotoUniv.) , HistoryoftheQin αηdH αηDyn αsties
WITTERN ぅChristian ぅPh.D. (GoettingenUniv.) う A Kno ωledgeb αse forBuddhistStudiesｭwithCh αη-Buddhism αs ex αmple
YAGI, Takeshi , HistoryofMediev αI Kore α
YASUOKA ぅKoichi ， D.Eng.(KyotoUniv.) , Chαracter EncodingMethodsAssistantProfessors
FUJII ぅNoriyuki う History ofBure αucr ，αtic SysteminAncient αηd Mediev αI Chin α
FURUMATSU ぅTakashi う His torυ of Eαrly ModernChin α
MIYA ぅNoriko ， D.Litt. (KyotoUniv.) ぅ The CulturalPolicy αnd PublishingActivityintheMongolPeriod
MORIOKA , TomohikoぅPh.D. (JAIST) , MultilingualComputingNAGATA ぅTomoyuki う Litera rυ Criticism inMedievαI Ch仇α
NAKANISHI, Hiraki う A DescriptiveStudyofH，αkk α αnd theSurroundingLαnguages
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OHARA, Yoshitoyo , D.Litt.(KyotoU凶v.) ぅ Chinese BuddhistPaintingSAITO ぅTomohiro ， D.Litt.(TohokuUniv.) , AStudyofCh αn BuddhisminLateTIαηg αnd
Eα rl y SongChin α
SANa , Seiko ぅ Chinese Stnαnge WritingTAKAI, Takaneヲ His tory ofChineseFurnitureYAMAZAKI, Takeshi う The ChineseSixteenthCentury:CrisesofSocialSt αbilit υ
ResearchSeminars
KINGSHIPANDRITUAL
(coordinatedByM.FUJII ぅ April 2005-May2009)
Thisseminaraimstostudytherelationshipbetweenkingshipandritualindi 旺'erent worlds
andagesfromvariousangleswithcollaborationofscholarsinmany 白elds includinghistory う
archaeology うanthropology ぅand classicalstudiesofIndiaandChina. Theseminarconsists
oftwokindsofsessions: readingsandforums. Attheformersessions うwe areengagedin
studyingandtranslatingtheVedictextsoftheRajasuya , ariteofroyalconsecrationin
ancientIndia ぅas oneofourbasicresearchmaterials. Thelattersessionsareopenforums
whereseminarmemberspresentpapersorreportsincludingresultsofthereadingsessions う
anddiscussvariousaspectsofkingshipandritual.
STUDYONASIANNETWORKS:REGIONALECONOMICORDERINASIA
(coordinatedbyN.KAGOTANI, April2004 •March 2007)
Inthepost-ColdWarinternationalrelations うthe UnitedStates うbacked byitsmilitary
powermatchedbynone , exertssignificantinfluenceinworlda旺airs うa phenomenonthatis
recentlyregardedastheemergenceofanewimpire.Anempireinthiscaseisbroadlydefined
asatransnationalregimesurpassingnation-statesingovernance. Still ぅwhat isthenature
ofempires?Howdoempireskeeptheirgovernanceoverterritoriesmuchlargerthannationｭ
states?Scholarsneedtotakeafreshlookatthesequestionsthatarisefromrelatingsystems
anddynamicsofempiresandmodernnation-states.
Inthisresearchproject うwe intendtoinvestigateinstitutionsandmechanismsofempiresin
Asiaduringthreedi 旺erent periods:(1)Chineseempire(17thcenturytoearly19thcentury);
(2)European(primarilyBritish)imperialism(mid-19th centurytomid-20th century);(3)
Americansupremacy(crommid-20th centl町onwards). Inexaminingthesethreecases ぅ
wefocusontheirrelationstotheasianregionaleconomy.TherecentscholarshipofAsian
economichistoryfocusesontheintegrationoftheregionaleconomydatingbacktothe
17th century. Atthesametime , anumberofscholarsobservethatthenetworksofAsian
merchants(e.g ・ うChinese andIndianmerchants)haveplayedkeyrolesindirectingflowsof
goods うlabor うand capitalintheregion. Howhavethebusinessnetworkssafelysustained
tradeinthesethreecases?HowhastheeconomicorderinAsiaevolvedoverthepastfive
hundredyearsorso? Ourworkinghypothesesarethat ヲon theonehand , empiresprovide
variousinstitutionstoenhanceintra-regionaleconomicintegrationinAsia.Someare “soft"infrastructureslikethefreedomofmercantileactivitiespromisedbytheChineseempire ,theprincipleoffreetradeexecutedbytheBritishEmpireandtheUnitedStates ,andthefinancial
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services0百'ered byBritishcolonialbanks.Othersare"hard 円infrastructures likesteamships ぅ
railroads , telecommunicationsうand theInternet.Ontheotherhand うAsian traders , besidestheirnetworkstosecuresafetyofeconomictransactionsbaseduponkinshipties ヲcommon
languages ぅand soon ぅwould makethemostoftheinstitutionsthatempires0百'er. Meanwhile ,Asiantraders うnetworks themselvesaretransformedovertime.Infocusingontheinteractions
betweenempiresastransnationalregimesand“business networks"astransnationaleconomic
actors ぅwe intendtoinvestigatetheAsianregionalorderandgovernancefromhistorical
perspectives.
BODYANDMODERNITY
(coordinatedbyA.KIKUCHI, April2003-March2006)
Bodyisafundamentalconditionforhumanlife. Therefore うit canbeacomplexand
complicatedagendaforhumanisticandsocialscientificinquiries. Inthisseminar ぅthrough
theinterdisciplinarydiscussiononbody うresearchers fromawidevarietyofdisciplinestry
tofindouttheliminalityandpossibilityoftheirownspecialtiesaswellasthemethodsto
communicatewithresearchersofotherfields. Thiswillalsobeusefultoaccountforour
academicactivitiestononacademicaudiences. Inthissense ぅour seminar 冶basic stanceis
"methodologicalamateurism."
STUDIESON 乱10DERN KYOTO
(coordinatedbyH.MARUYAMA ぅApril 2003-March2006)
TheaimofourstudyprojectistoresearchaboutmodernKyotofrommany-sidedphases.
WecansaythatKyotoisarepositoryofculturefromtheviewpointofculturalheritage.
ThereexistburiedseedsofKyotoculturewhichseemedtodisappearfromsightsincethe
M吋i Revolution.
OurcooperativeparticipantsconsistofresearcherswhomakespecialtiesofJapanesemodｭ
ernhistory うarchitectural history うlandscape history , humangeography うJapanese arthistory
andsoon.
EachresearcherfindsouttheseedandreportsonaphaseofmodernKyotofromaspecialist
standpoint.WewouldliketopursuethespiritualityofmodernKyoto.
STUDIESINFICTIONANDFICTIONALITY:TOWARDSAGENERALFICTOLOGY
(coordinatedbyY.OURA ぅApri12005 ←March 2009)
Whatisfiction?Andfictionality?Betweenthingsorphenomenawhichmayberelatedto
thesetermsinvarious 五elds-literary うcinematographic ぅlegal ぅeconomic うpolitical ヲanthropo
logic , psychologicうetc.一ぅcan weconceiveanycommondenominators ぅand alogicsustaining
them? Someattemptshavebeenmadetoinvestigateeachofthese“自 ct ions門 (especially
theliteraryone);almostnonetoseekanall-embracingapproachtothemthatIwouldcall
"generalfictology 円 . Thatisourconcern.Thisresearchprojectwillbeledincollaboration
withthe“P ro j et deGDR 円directed byJean-MarieSchae 百er oftheERESS うParis.
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ANINTERDISCIPLINARYSTUDYOFREPRESENTATIONANDEXPRESSIONOF
RACE
(coordinatedbyY.TAKEZAWA ぅApril 2003-March2006)
Therehasbeenaconsensusamongscientiststhatthereisnobiologicalrealityofrace.
Whythendoesracemaintainitssocialrealitysopervasively? Thisstudy うfollowing our
previousprojectontheideaofrace ぅaims toexaminerealityofraceintermsofitsexpression
andrepresentation. Theresearchaimstoexaminenotonlydominantideasofrace うbut
alsocontestationandchallengeofracialrepresentationsbyminoritiesthemselves.Research
membersusecaricatures , advertisementsうnovelsうpaintings ， oralinterviews ,scientificwriting
andothermaterialstoapproachthisquestion.
TRANSDISCIPLINARYSTUDIESOFFETISHESANDFETISHISM
(coordinatedbyM.TANAKA ぅApril 2000-March2006)
Thisprojectaimstoreconsidersocio-historicalcontextsinwhichtheconceptoffetish/
fetishismemergedandhasdevelopedintheWestandbeyond.Fetisheswere"discovered"in
WestAfricabyPortuguesetraders.FetishismwascoinedbyaFrenchscholar , deBrossin
17thcentury うand later うin 19thcentury うled toaheateddebateovertheoriginofreligion.It
wasalsousedbyMarxtocharacterizethenatureofcommoditiesandbyFreudforatypeof
sexualorientalism.Fetish/Fetishismisakeyconcepttounderstandnotonlythehistoryof
Westernsocialthoughts , butWesternviewsofhuman-objectrelationship.
THEENLIGHTENMENTSANDTHEIRVICISSITUDES~A GENEALOGICALSTUDY
(coordinatedbyS.TOMINAGA ぅApril 2005~March 2008)
“E nlight enment " isnotawordthatonlyreferstoatideofphilosophyinthe18thcenｭ
turyEurope.Itistakentocarryanideaofuniversalvalueforwhichithasbeenpursued
throughouttheworldeversincetheFrenchRevolution ヲwhile atthesametimethisveryidea
hasstirredupaseriesofcriticisms. Fromthelatterpointofview"Enlightenment"isthe
keycriticalconceptthroughwhichthemodernsocietyre 自ects onitselfinthecourseofits
organizationandre-organization.Rethinkingof"Enlightenment 門in thissensebycontempoｭ
raryphilosopherssuchasHabermas ,FoucaultandDerridatestifiestotheimportanceofthis
conceptinthestudyofintellectualhistoryorinhumanitiestoday ぅhaving witnessed“cris isう う
ofthesystemsandidealsofthemodernsocietyandtheentranceofso-called"post-modern"
conditions.
Inthisresearchprojectwewillstudytheideasandpracticesof"Enlightenment 円in different
countriesincludingnotonlyWesternEuropebutalsoAsia うRussia andNorthandSouth
America ぅwith researchmembersfromdisciplinessuchasphilosophy うsociology うliterature う
artandhistoryofscience.Thisstudyaimstopresentacomprehensivehistoricalperspective
thatpermitstograspthemultidimensionalitythisconceptshowedinmodernhistoryand
thentoproposewhat ぅand how ぅwe cantakeoverfromthehistory.
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ASTUDYOFFRANCO-JAPANESECULTURALRELATIONS
(coordinatedbyH.USAMI, April2002-March2006)
Thisfour-year-longprojectaimstoreconsiderconcretelytheculturalinteractionbetween
JapanandFrancefromasyntheticperspective ぅattaching importancetotheinterchange
betweenpeopleandmaterials. “What wasFrancefortheJapaneseandwhatwasJapan
fortheFrench? 門This isourcentralinterest ぅshared byalltheparticipantsinthisseminar
fromvarousdisciplines , notonlyFranchliteratureorarts うbut alsothecomparativehistory
ofJapaneseandOccidentalarts うJapanese culturalhistory ぅJapanese modernhistory , the
comparativehistoryofcivilizations ヲsociology andthehistoryofreligion.AlongwithFrench
researchersofJapanesestudieswholiveinJapan うwe haveseveraloverseascollaborators.
TheperiodcoveredisfromtheendoftheEdoperiodtotheendoftheWorldWarII うwhich
corresponds うin France , theperiodoftheSecondEmpireandtheThirdRepublic.
RETRIALOFSPACE
(coordinatedbyS.YAMAMUROぅApril 2004-March2007)
Thisinterdisciplinaryseminarisworkingonreintroducingdynamicsofthediversetypes
ofmaterialandmentalspacesintoourknowledgetoreconstructandreintegratemodern
humanitiesandsocialscience ぅwhich havebeenmainlybasedandunderstoodontimeseries.
Intheseminarspacesareanalysednotonlyasfieldsdividedbynaturalenvironmentand
productsofinteractionandnegotiationbetweendifferentgroupsusingtheborderstocreate
powerrelationsandhierarchies.Butalsospacesareaddressedastermsofdiscourseexisting
atthelevelofvariousideasandsymbolicforms , representingacademicandnon-academic
narrativesofbothvisibleandinvisiblelines うand partoftheinternationalgeopoliticallandｭ
scape うthe nationandnation-statesystem ぅand regionalandlocallife. Revisitingtothe
fieldsinwhichspaceshavebeenperceivedandoriginated うwe shouldalsoconsiderspacesas
dynamicphenomenaintheirownrightandapproachtothemhistoricallyandcomparatively
intermoftheestablishingprocessofmodernEuropeanknowledgeandtheintroductions う
acceptances うcirculations ヲand appropriationsofitoutsideEurope.
LANGUAGEANDCIVILISATION
(coordinatedbyT.YOKOYAMA ぅApril 2002-March2007)
Whenhumansocietiesmovefromthestageofmerestabilitytothatofcivilisation ぅit seems
thatlanguage ,whileitselfundergoingprofoundchanges ,playsasignificantrole.Theseminar
intendstoclarifymodesofrelationshipbetweenlanguageandcivilisationbytransdisciplinary
discussionofnotablecasesinpre-modernEastAsianandWestEuropeansocieties.
Theparticipantsinthisseminar ,rangingintheirdisciplinesfromthehumanitiestoecology ヲ
sharetheideathatsincetheIndustrialRevolution ぅno civilisation/bunmeiintheclassical
senseofthewordhascomeintobeinginhumanhistory うand thatthequalityoflanguage
willmattermorethaneverforthecivilisingprocess.
Theproblemtodayisthattheseedsofglobalsocialstabilityandevenoffuturecivilisation
havebeensownintheformofnewtaboos ヲproduced bycutting-edgescienceandtechnology う
whileatthesametimetheoverspecialisationofhumanactivitiesseemstoleadtoagradual
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declineinthepoweroflanguage , changinganynewtrendtowardsstabilityorcivilisation
intooneofstagnation.Theseminarwillmeetfortnightlywithsuchconcernsinmind.
SOURCESOFANCIENTCHINESEHISTORY
(coordinatedbyT.ASAHARA ぅApril 2004-March2007)
ThisisanintroductoryseminarforthewillingmemberswhowishtostudyancientChiｭ
nesehistory ぅespecially ofthepre-Qinperiod. Readingbasicarticlesorhistoricalsources う
thememberswilldeveloptheirunderstandingandincreasetheirknowledge.Theyarealso
expectedtohelpeachothertodoso.
PARAMARTHA(ZHENDI)ANDHISTIMES
(coordinatedbyT.FUNAYAMAぅApril 2005-March2010)
ThisresearchseminarfocusesonParamarthaaliasZhendi(sixthcenturyCE) うinvestigating
hisgeographicalmovements うhis identityandsignificanceasaBuddhistmonk うhis historical
contexts うand variousreligiousphenomenapertainingtohiscareerandwork. Paramartha ,whoiscountedbythetraditionasoneofthe “four greattranslators 門of IndicBuddhist
worksintoChinese , hasacomplexBuddhistidentity.HehadclosetieswiththeSammitiya
SchoolofBuddhism;heplacedgreatimportanceontheAbhidharm αkos α of theSarvωtivada
Schoolindoctrinalmatters;moreover うas anadherentoftheMahayana うhe alsopropounded
Vijnaptimatra(“ consciousness 0凶y" or"mererepresentation")thought. Inthisresearch
group うwe willfocusourattentionparticularlyoncommentariescomposedbyParamartha
himselfduringtheprocessoftranslation , alongwiththecollectionandinterpretationof
fragmentsofhisotherwiselostworkspreservedinlatertexts.Throughtheseactivitieswe
willattempttoarriveatnewinsightsintoParamartha うs activitiesfromtheperspectivesof
bothIndianandChineseBuddhism.
STONEINSCRIPTIONSINTHENORTHERNDYNASTIES
(coordinatedbyR.INAMI, April2005~March 2010)
Inthisseminar ぅwe willanalyzetherubbingsofinscriptionsintheNorthernDynasties う
whichourInstitutepossesses.Atfirst うwe checkChinesecharactersontherubbingsprecisely う
andthencommentonitbasedonatraditionalmethod. Aboutmissingparts , wereferto
precedentstudies.
LEGALINSTITUTIONINYUANPERIOD
(coordinatedbyS.IWAI ぅApril 2004~March 2007)
“Da YuanShengzhengGuozhaoDianzhang(大元聖政国朝典章) "iswell-knownasthemost
importantsourceofthelegalsystemofYuanperiod.InstituteforResearchinHumanities
organizedastudyprojectheadedbyProfessorTakeoAbeandhiscolleaguesabouthalfa
centuryago.Thisprojectpublishedarevisededitionofvolumes39-57relatingtocriminal
lawof “YuanDianzhang(元典章) "andindexesthatcoveredthewholevolumes.Wenow
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restarttostudythismaterial , especiallyonceremonialprotocols うeducation systemand
religiouspolicy.Furthermorewehavemadeasystemforsearchingandviewingofthisbook
onnetwork.Revisedelectronictextwillbepreparedinthetermofourstudy.
STUDIESONTHEENCYCLOPEDIAFORDAILYLIFEINRECENTCHINA
(coordinatedbyB.Kl 民April 2004-March2006)
Thiswillbeaninvestigationofoneofthemostimportantencyclopediasfordailylifein
YuanandMingdynasties うSHILINGUANGJI 事林贋記.
SOCIALSYSTEMOFTHE20THCENTURYCHINA
(coordinatedbyT.MORl ぅApril 2003-March2008)
ResearchgroupsofModernChinausedtoconsidertheperiodfromthe19thcenturytothe
firsthalfofthe20thcenturyastheirmainobject.Sincehistorical-record'spublicpresentation
progressesinarchivesofvariouspartsofChinaandfieldsurveyofvariousformsisalso
conductednow ぅit hasbecometimenowtoextendtheperiodofinteresttoincludethetime
afterthefoundationofthePeople うs RepublicofChina ぅthat isthesecondhalfofthe20th
century.Beingconsciousofthispresentcondition ぅthis researchgroupaimsatconsidering
changeofthesocialsystemwithinthis100years[fromtheI加t yearsoftheQingDynastto
now]fromvarioussides ぅsuch aspolitics ぅeconomy ぅsociety ， andculture.Atprese 帆about 50
scholarsstudyingmodernChinagather うand researchisadvanced.
ASTUDYOFCHINESEMIRRORS
(coordinatedbyH.OKAMURA ぅApril 2005-March2010)
ChinesebronzemirrorsarehighlyappreciatedbyarchaeologistsofChinaandJapan うfor
theyareeminentlyusefulforstudyofchronology. Besidesthedesignproper うthere are
inscriptionsonagreatmanymirrorsinHanage.
Themirrorinscriptionshavenotquitebeenthesubjectsofacomprehensivestudy うbecause
thecontentandthelanguageoftheinscriptionsaresometimesverydi 血cult ofanalysis.To
makeaconcordanceofalltheinscriptionsknownsofar ,wearereadingB.Karlgren's"EARLY
CHINESEMIRRORINSCRIPTIONS"(BMFEA うNo.6 ヲ1934) atfirst.
ASTUDYOFTHERELATIONSHIPSBETWEENCONFUCIANISM うBUDDHISM AND
TAOISM(II)
(coordinatedbyK.MUGlTANl ぅApril 2005-March2010)
TherelationbetweenConfucianism うBuddhism andTaoismisoneofthemostimportant
subjectsintheChinesehistoryofthought. EspeciallyintheTangdynasty ぅConfucians ぅ
BuddhistsandTaoistshadmanyheatedcontroversies うand influencedeachotherinthat
process.ThisprojectaimstoclarifytherelationshipsbetweenConfucianism ヲBuddhism and
TaoismintheTangdynastybyanalyzingsometypicaltreatisesonthedefenseofBuddhism.
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ASYNTHETICSTUDYOFCHINESEPAINTING
(coordinatedbyH.SOFUKAWA, April2005-March2009)
InlateyearsthematerialsofChinesepaintingfollowsacourseofincreasemoreandmore う
byanappearanceoftheancienttimes/middleagesworkbasedonarcheologicalexcavation
andadisclosureofearlymoderntimesworkdoingspreading.Butitisthepresentconditions
thatmostaresimilarasnon-digestion ぅand isleftunattended. Atfirst うfor thisenormous
materials うsystematic rearrangingbyadatabaseandapproachfrommanyaspectsaredeｭ
manded.Wecollectmaterialsasmuchaspossibleandconsideritfromtheviewpointofstyle
theory ぅiconology うtheory onpaintings うtechnique ， patronandcollection.Weaddapproach
fromaspectssuchascalligraphy うpoetry moreandtryasyntheticstudy.
ASTUDYOFWANGXUANCE
(coordinatedbyT.TAKATA ぅApril 2002-March2006)
Wa 時Xua 舵e wassenttoIndiaasadiplomatthree(orfour)timesaroundthemiddleof
the7thcentury. HebroughtbacknewinformationaboutIndia ぅwhere somechangeshad
occurredafterthetimeofXuanzang. Histravelswereespeciallyimportantbecausethey
openedanewroutebetweenChinaandIndiabywayofTibetandNepal. Althoughthe
travelaccountwhichhewrotewasnowlostandcanonlybefoundfragmentarilyinsomeold
books うepigraphic textsconcernedwiththisfigurehaverecentlybeenfoundoneafteranother
inTibetandLongmen.Inthisresearchseminar ,wewillcollectallthematerialsaboutWang
XuanceandinvestigatethemfromthepointofviewofSino-Westernculturalcontact.
ASTUDYOFTHESCIENTIFICTHOUGHTBASEDONYIN-YANG 陰陽ANDWUXING
五行
(coordinatedbyT.TAKED 九April 2004-March2009)
Yin-YangandWuxingisoneofthefundamentaltheoriesofChinesethoughtsandsciences.
Invariousfields , suchasastronomy うmedicine うchemistry うpharmacy うalchemy うastrology う
literatureandart うit wasbroadlyusedforexplanationsofvariousphenomenaandproofs
ofhypothesis. Untilnowlotsofresearcheshavediscussedaboutitsoriginanditse百ect
onpoliticalthoughtsofHandynasty. However うits developmentaftermedievaltimeshas
beenseldomreferred.SowetakeupISHINPO 医心方and WUXING-DAYI 五行大義for the
syntheticstudyofYin-YangandWuxing.Thesetwobookscontainalotofvaluablematerials
thathadbeenlostinChina. ByanalyzingvariousaspectsofYin-YangandWuxing ヲwe
willtrytofindouttheroleithasplayedinChinesecultureandtoclarifyitstheoretical
characteristics.
THELIVINGSPACEANDDESIGNINCHINA
(coordinatedbyT.TANAKA ぅApril 2005-March2010)
OntheactualphasesofdailylifeinChinafromthepre-moderntimes うwe haveveryfew
knowledge ぅin particularconcerningtothedwellinghouses うgarden ぅinterior anddesignof
theinnerandouterspace うas wellastheritualinthepalaceanddwellinghouses.Weare
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intendingtoexplainthecharacteristicsofthelivingspaceinthetraditionalChina うby the
methodsofphilologyandfieldsurveyboth うactually ofthehistoryofarchitectureandgarden
design , alsooffolkloreandethnology 部well. Atthemoment ラwe arereadingthechapter38
onthearchitectureofthedictionaryTongYa 通雅by FangYizhi 方以智(from 1667ofthe
earlyQingdynasty).Notonlythediscussionatmeetingsofeveryotherweek , butalsowe
wouldoftengooutsideoftheinstitutetoseveralpointsofrestorationspotsoftheancient
buildingsaroundKyoto-Naraareatolearntheactualtechnology.
MARKUP-THEORYANDPRACTICE
(coordinatedbyC.WITTERN ぅ April 2004-March2006)
Electronictext-inthiscontextthisisconsideredtobeprimarilyadigitalrecreationof
atextthathasbeenhandeddowntousinprint-hasbecomewidelyusedinrecentyears
anditisreasonabletoassumethatitsrolewillevenfurtherincreaseinyearstocome.
Sinceelectronictextisthusbecomingamajorresourceforresearchers ぅit isnecessaryto
investigateitsactualandpossibleusesforscholarsintheHumanities ぅespecially inthe
East-AsianStudiesandneighbouringfields.
Thisresearchseminarwasthusstartedwiththeaimtolookatboththetheoreticalfounｭ
dationsandimplicationsofrecreatingtextsinadigitalmedium , andatthepracticalimpleｭ
mentations うtechnologies andmethodsthatarecurrentlyusedtocreateelectronictexts.The
mainfocusliesonmarkuptechnologies ぅwhich constitutethemostadvancedandmostwidely
employedtheoreticalandtechnicalframework うyet manyofitsimplicationsarenotyetfully
understoodandneedtobecarefullyanalyzedastheyareappliedtotextwithideographic
characters.
CONSTRUCTING 漢字-INFORMATICS
(coordinatedbyK.YASUOKA ぅApril 2004-March2007)
Inthefieldofinformaticsnowadaysatextistreatedasaone-dimensionalstreamofcharｭ
acters.Butarealtext , especiallywrittenin 漢字characters ， isnotsucheasymaterial. Itincludesamassofnon-linearthings うfor examples ぅ 版心， 割注， or ル ピ， thatwehardlyconvolutewithinaone-dimensionalstream.Thismeansthatthetreatmentoftext うin Informaticshithｭ
erto ぅis notsuitableforprocessingEast-Asiantexts.Inthisseminarweinvestigateamodel
tomanipulateE加t- AsiantextsandwewillconstructnewInformaticsfor 漢字characters.
DocumentationandInformationCenterforChineseStudies(DICCS)
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Director:Ma Rl, Tokihiko , D.Litt.TheDocumentationandInformationCenterforChineseStudies(DICCS)wasestablished
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TheoverallmissionoftheDICCSistocarryoutinformationscienceresearchonChinese
charactersandtomakeaccessibletoresearchershistoricalmaterialsintheChineselanguage
throughnewmedia.Avarietyofdatabasesarebeingconstructed.TheAnnu αl BibliographyofOrient αl Studieshaslongbeenpublishedinbookfromandisnowalsoavailableonthe
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