Title
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN HUMANITIES STAFF
AND SEMINARS 1994
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Citation
ZINBUN (1995), 29: 61-68
Issue Date
1995-03
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http://hdl.handle.net/2433/48724
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© Copyright March 1995, Institute for Research in Humanities
Kyoto University.
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Departmental Bulletin Paper
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN HUMANITIES
STAFF AND SENITNARS
1994
DepartmentofJapaneseStudiesASUKAI, Masamichi , Professor , Jαpαnese CulturalHistory
YAMAM 例。 , Yuzo, Professor , D. Eco. (KyotoUniv.) , EconomicHistory
SASAKI, Suguru , Prof田sor , PoliticsinEarlyMeijiJ,αpαn
MIURA, Kunio , VisitingProfessor , ThoughtαndSocietyinEαst Asi α
YOKOYAMA,Toshio ,AssociateProfessor ,D.Phil. (Oxon.) ,Pre-modernSocialHistory
YAMAMURO, Shinichi , AssociateProfessor , HistoryofJ,αpαnese Pol ιtical Thought MIZUNO, Naoki , Assoむiate Professor ,D.Litt.(KyotoUniv.) ,Political αndSocialHis
-toryofKoreaunderJ,αp αnese Rule
Tsu 五AMOTO , Akira , Instructor , Prトmodern SocialHistory
SAITO, Mareshi , Instructor , HistoryofLiter αture
OCHIAI, Hiroki , Instructor , ModernJap αnese SocialHistory
YASUTOMI, Ayumu , Instructor , HistoryandTheoryofMon り,. Complex 砂stems DepartmentofOrientalStudies
UMEHARA,Kaoru ,Professor ,D.Litt.(KyotoUniv.) ,HistoryofInstitutionsintheSong
Period
YOSHIKAWA, Tadao , Professor , HistoryofIdeasintheSixDyn αsties HAZAMA, Naoki , Professor , ModernChineseHistory
KUWAYAMA, Sh6shin , Professor , D. Litt. (Kyoto Univ.) , SouthandCentr αl Asiatic
Arch αeology beforeIslam
KOMINAMI, Ichiro , Professor , HistoryofChineseLiter αture αnd ReligionfromPre ー
QingPeriodtoT,αng Dyn αsties
ARAMAKI, Noritoshi , Professor , Origin αnd Development ofBuddhisminIndiaαnd China
ONO,Kazuko ,Professor ,D.Litt. (KyotoUniv.) , PoliticalHistoryintheMingPeriod
SOFUKAWA , 日iroshi , Professor ,HistoryofChineseArt
TANAKA, Tan , Professor , D. Eng. (TokyoUniv.) ,HistoryofChineseArchitecture KA 兜UMURA , Tetsuya , AssociateProfessor , Lαnd-ownership inMedievalChin α
MUGITANI, Kunio , AssociateProf 日ssor , T,αoism intheSixDyn αst~es
MORI, Tokihiko , AssociateProfessor , CottonIndustryinModernChin α
TAKATA, Tokio , Associate Professor , Ph. D.(日 H . E. S. S.), History of Chinese
Lα nguage
ASAHARA, Tatsuro , AssociateProfessor , HistoryofAncientChin α KIN, Bunkyo , AssociateProfessor , ChineseLiterature
INAMI, Ryoichi.AssociateProfessor , CulturalHistoryintheQingPeriod OKAMURA.Hidenori , AssociateProfessor ,Archαeologicαl StudyofAncientChi ηα
A双AI , Shinji , Instructor , HistoryofChineseAstronomy
INABA, Minoru , Instructor , E,αrカIslαmic HistoryofSouthandCentralAsia FUNAYAMA, Toru , Instructor , HistoryofBuddhistLogicandEpistemologyinIndi α ISHIKAWA, Yoshihiro , Instructor , Historyαnd ThoughtofChineseCommunism NAKASUNA, Akinori , Instructor , ElitesinT,αng αnd SungChin α
YaK 即日, Hiroshi , Instructor.T,αoism intheSongαnd Yu αn Periods
TANII, Yoka, Instructor , HistoryofInstitutionsintheMing-QingPeriod
KISHIMA, Fumio , Instructor , Historicαl StudyonScholarlyActivities in theSixDy 悶 nast1es
MORIGA, Kazue, Instructor , ChinesePhilology
INAMOTo, Yasuo , Intructor ,HistoryofBuddhistArtinChin α YAGI, Takeshi , Instructor , HistorッofPre-modernKore α DepartmentofOccidentalStudies
TANI, Yutaka , Professor , AnthropologyofCommunic αtwn SAKAGAMI, Takashi , Professor , ModernEurope αn Thought MAEKAWA, Kazuya , Professor , Assyriology
IKARI, Yasuke , Professor , Ph.D. (ChicagoUniv.) , Indology USAMI, Hitoshi , Professor , ModernFrenchLiter αture
TOMlNAGA , Shigeki , AssociateProfessor , SociologyofKnowledge
TANAKA, Masakazu , AssociateProfessor , Ph. D. (London) , SocialAnthropologyof
SouthAsi α
aURA, Yasusuke , AssociateProfessor , Ph.D. (Univ.ofParis-V II) ,Literαry Theory FUJII, Masato , AssociateProfessor , VedicStudies
KUSHIDA, Hideya , VisitingAssociateProf 巴ssor , Sociology SUZUKI, Keiji, Instructor , StudiesoftheDec αdence
FUJITA, Takanori , Instructor , Ethnomusicology
MITSUNAGA, Masaaki , Instructor , ModermBritishHistory SASAKI, Hiromitsu , Instrucor , HistoryofMedievalGermany UENO, Naritoshi , Instructor , ModernGermanPoliticalThought VisitingScholarsfromOverseas
ZHOUShao 叩lan , VisitingProfessor(March1994-September1994) , 設udy ofHuizhou Documents
RichardRUBlNGER,VisitingProfessor(Mai1994-Mai1995), Ph.D. (ColumbiaUniv.) ,
HistoryofJ,αpαnese Educ αtwn
PaulDUMOUCHEL,VisitingProfessor(October1994-Mai1995), Ph.D. (Unir , ofWaterュ
loa), Epistemology&PhilosophyofSoci αl Sciences
THESTRUCTURALINTERCONNECTIONSOFTHEMODERNEASTASIANNATIONS
(coordinatedbyAssociateProfessorYAMAMURO, S., April1992-March1996)
Theaimofthisjointresearchistocomprehendtheinterrelationsofmodern East
Asiannations. Wewill alsoconsiderJapanese connections with other nations and
examIne 四ch topicfromvariousangles , takingintoaccounteconomic , legal, politic丘i
andliteraryfactors.
Weshalltrytoidentifycertainunifyingthemesinthisstudyandalsoputforward
someideasabouttheimpact , orlack thereof , ofJapanese interracial efforts in East
AsiabeforetheSecondWorldWar.
INDIVIDUALANDGROUPATHISTORICALTURNING-POINT
(coordinatedbyProfessorSASAKI, S., April1992-March1995)
WewillexaminethelivesofthosewhowentthroughtheperiodoftheMeijiRestoュ
ration:nobles , vassals , voluntarywarriors , bourgeois , peasants , etc., inordertoanaュ
lysethehistoryoftheiractivities.
ECONOMICASPECTSOF “GREATEREASTASIACO-PROSPERITYSPHERE"
(coordinatedbyProfessorYAMAMOTO, Y., April1993-March1997)
Fllowing the earier seminar“The Study of‘Ma nchuku o ' ", we start the new
seminarontheDαi-To αKyoeiken. Asthefirststage ,theforcusissetontheeconomic
aspects of this field. Wehave a small but intensive meeting every two weeks on
Wednesdayafternoon.
19THCENTURYJAPANASA FIELDOFCONTACT‘WITH FOREIGNLANGUAGES
(coordinatedbyInstructorSAITO, M., April1994-M 在rch 1997)
Inthenineteenth century , a largequantity ofwork , thesphereofwhich ranged
from science to literature , was translated from different foreign languages into
Japanese.Thesetranslationshadagreatinfluenceuponnotmerelypolitics , economy ,
societyandthoughtbutalsolanguageinJapan.Theaimofthisseminaristoanalyze
variousaspects ofsuchcontactwithforeign languages , especially in relation to the
formationofmodernJapanese.
A COMPARATIVESTUDYOFINTERMEDIARIESINEASTASIANDAILYLIVES (coordinatedbyVisitingProfessorMIURA, K., April1994
Theobjectiveofthisstudyistounderstandthecomplexityaswellasthecommon
nature ofvarioussocieties in EastAsiasince early modern times by focusing our
interestondurablephenomenathatactas intermediaries between the components of
thesocieties.
Duringthefirstyear,tentativecomparativestudieswillbecarriedoutto selecta
few significantintermediariesfrom amonga numberofpossible subjects , not only
personssuchasspirit-media , performers , match但makers , literates , etc., butalsothings
suchas 乱mulets , scriptures , orcertainanimalsorplants.Afterthispreliminarystage,
detailedinterdisciplinarycase-analyseswillbeconductedduringthesecondyear.
A STUDYONARTOFTHESIXDYNASTIES
(coordinatedbyProfessorSmTKAwA, H.,April1990-March1995)
Theaimofourresearchseminaristoformacorrectandup-to-dateimageofthe
Six Dynasties artfrom the third to the sixth century. Wewill analyze these arts
accordingtothreefields, 1)vastarchaeologicalmaterialsunearthedsincethecommuュ
nist revolution , 2) Buddhistgrottot叩lples suchas Yungang and Longmen , 3) the
aesthetictheoryinpaintingandcalligraphy.
SOCIETYANDCULTUREINTHELATEMINGANDTHEEARLYQINGPERIOD
(coordinatedbyProfessorONO, K., April1991-March1995)
Duringthe17thcentury , Chinaexperienceddynamicchangesinitssocialstructure ,
economy , ideology and culture as the Qing Dynasty took from the Ming. Qing
governmentrestructuredthosechangesandestablishedthebaseforthenewruleofthe
nationforthenext260years 町The purpose ofourstudy isto capturethechanging
phaseoftheperiodinvariousaspectsalongwithamethodological examination. The
studygroupwillmeeteveryweekfortext 叩reading andindividualresearchreports.The
textsincludebiographiesofrepresentativefiguresofthetimeindifferentfields. CENTRAL ASIA AND THE SOUTH ASIAN SUBCONTINENT BETWEEN THE
FOURTH AND THE EIGHTH CENTURIES (III): A MULTI也DISCIPLINARY
APPROACHTOFAXlANZHL ん4N , ORNARRATIVESOFFAXIAN'STRAVELS
(coordinatedbyProfessorKUWAYAMA, Sh.,April1991-March1996)
Theprojectthusentitled ,startedinApril1983,hasaimedforfreshinterpretations
ofChinese and Indian Buddhist pilgrims' accounts on Buddhist lives, institutions ,
history ,andgeographyineachareaofCentralAsiaandtheSouthAsiansubcontinent
inthelightofmostrecentinformation given inthefields such as art, archaeology ,
linguistics , history , and religion. The first twoprogr 註ms between 1983 and 1991,
dealingwiththefirstfivechaptersofXuanzang'sextensive biography andHuich αo's
AccountofTr αvels intheFivelndicRegions , hasresultedinpublishinganannotated
translationofthelatterin1992,nowavailableattheInstitute ,whileastothethirdand
latestprogram to makea reliableJapaneseversion ofthe originalChinese text of
Fαxlα n zhu αn adozenspecialistsofvariousfieldshavesinceApril1991haddiscussions
at the bi-weekly meeting on Monday afternoon mainly in search of the pertinent
interpretationinamorehistoricalcontextofspecific Chinesechar 註cters andphrases
whichmaypresupposelocallanguages.
STUDYONTHEHISTORYOFTECHNOLOGYINCHINA (coordinatedbyProfessorTAr 川(A , T., April1991-March1996)
Theaimofthisweeklyseminaristoclarifythecharacteristicsoftheseveralfields oftraditionaltechnologyinChina ,inparticularthefieldsrelatedtoeverydaylifeand
thedomesticsciences.OurimmediateplansaretoreadandgivetheJapanesetranslaュ
tionoftwodifferentkindsoftextsconcerningagriculture andhorticulture: themain
textofgeneralinterestisNengShu(AgriculturalTre αtise) written by WangZhen in
1313 ofYuan Dynasty;th 日subsidiary one ofmorespecific interest isZhejiang Lu
(CollectedBiogr α:phies ofMαstercr αrjtsmen) editedbyLiangQi-Xiongin1993.Aswell
asthephilological works , we also plan for members to give lectures on various subjectsconcerningthehistoryoftechnologyinChina.
MATERIALCULTUREOFMEDIEVALCHINA
(coordinatedbyAssociateProfessorASAHARA, T., April1991-March1996)
Thisseminarcovers theperiod from thethird centuryB.C.to the tenth century
A.D. ,andweplantoconductitoverfiveyears.Wewillexaminebothtransmittedand
newly excavated materials , including inscriptions , manuscripts , paintings , and other
artifacts. In addition to examiningthe items themselves , we will use archeological reports.
In this seminar , ourinterests arenotexclusively in political or socio-economic history , butareofa broadernature. Weseektounderstand theculture ofmedieval China, payingattention toBuddhism andTaoism alongwith artistic and scientific
developments.
LAWANDSOCIETYINEARLYMODERNCHINA
(coordinat 白d byProfessorUMEHARA, K., April1991-March1996)
WiththefoundingoftheSongDynastyinthelatterhalfofthetenthcentury , and
theensuingestablishmentofanewnationalstructure , outstandingchangesinthelegal
system occurred. Although the Tang law code was stillobserv 日d in essence, the
promulgationofnewregulationsconcerningbothcentralandlocalgovernment ,aswell
as ofnew edicts, resulted in a newsystem different from its predecessors. In this
sessionw告will readthebasictextconcerningSonglaw, theQingyu αn ti αof ,αshilei and
the recently discovered Ming edition of theQingmingji while considering various
problemsconcerningthelegalsysteminChinaduringtheSongandlaterperiods.
RESEARCHINTOTH 日DAOISM OFTHESIXDYNASTIESII
(coordinatedbyProfessorYOSHIKAWA, T., April1991-March1996)
TheZheng α° byTaoHongjingoftheLiangdynastyisacompilationd告aling with
thevariousdivinitiesofDaoism.Inourresearchseminarweproposeto undertakea
completetranslationandannotationoftheZheng α0 , therebyilluminatingthesituation
ofDaoismintheSixDynastiesperiod.
RESEARCHINTOTHEHISTORYOFCHINESEPHONOLOGY
(coordinatedbyAssociateProfessorTAKATA, T., April1993-March1998)
AlthoughsourcematerialsexistinrichabundancefortheChinesephonologyinthe
MingandQingtimes, dueattention has notbeengiven to them untilnow. A wideュ
rangingresearchforthisperiodisindispensableinordertoreviewsystematicallythe
developmentofmandarindialects.Inthisresearchseminar , therefore ,weaim chiefly
to obtain asmuchmaterials aspossibleand makeclearthe characteristic of each
throughcarefulreadingoftheprefacesandpostfacesaswellasscientific analysis of thecontents.
A STUDYOFLIANGQICHAO(1873-1929)
Liang Qichao played a key-role inth 告introduction and reception of Western
moderncultureinChina.Besideshismostimportantcontributiontopoliticalthought ,
hewasamajorinnovatorinthefieldofhistory ,litteratureandtheartsaswell, where
amonghisnumerous achievements the“new literary form" (xin wenti)he created ,
meaning the complete reform of the old classical style of writing , stands as a
landmark.HisproteanactivitylaidthegroundforthemoderndevelopmentofChinese
cultureinmanyfields.MuchofhisknowledgeaboutWesternthoughtandcivilization
wasgainedduringtheyearshespentinJapanasapoliticalexile,fromtheendof1898
to 1912. Thusw且s alsothe time whenherosetoprominence as a leading thinker
amonghiscontemporari 部 . The research investigates the various aspects of Liang
Qichao'sthoughtandscholarlyinterests ,withspecialattentiontoelucidatingJapanese
influenceuponhisknowledgeandreception oftheWestand to analysingitssignif ト
canceasregardstheculturalhistoryofmodernChina.
URBANANDRURALSOCIETYINMODERNCHINA
(coordinatedbyAssociateProfessorMaRl,T., April1993~ March1998)
In Kuomintang-Communist Wars, Mao Tse-tung deduced a famous formula of
Chineserevolution , saying“Encir cl e thecitiesfrom therural areas and then capture
them." After“liber a tion " of1949, CommunistChinamad 日a verystrict distinction of
householdregister between urban and rural residents withthe view ofpreventing a
citywarddriftingofpopulation.Suchexamplesasthesesuggesttousthefactthatthe
relationbetweenunban 邑nd ruralsocietyisoneofthekeyconceptsforunderstanding
the social structure of modern China. This research project aims to clarify the urban-ruralrelationshipfromvariousanglesofpolitics , economics ,sociologyandthe like.
THE ‘LI' SYSTEMSANDITSTHOUGHTINCHINA'SPAST
(coordinatedbyProfessorKOMINAMI, 1.,April1994-March1999)
InthepastsocietyofChina , the‘Ii ' systemshad a large influence , notonly on
official life, butalso on theeveryday lifeofthegeneral public. Our study mainly
focusesuponvariousaspectsofthe‘Ii ' systems;whenthesystemsemergedinChinese
civilization ,andhowtheytransformedthemselvesthroughthecurrentoftimes.Forthe
purposeofthisresearch , wetakeupthetextof'Zhouli' , andshedlightonaspects of
‘Ii ' throughcloseexaminationofthetext.
THEDEVELOPMENTOFBUDDHISTPHILOSOPHYINTHELATERHALFOFTHE NORTHERNDYNASTIES
(coordinatedbyProfessorA沢AMAKI , N.,April1994 周March 1998)
The seminar designated above is intended to edit, annotate and study some
importantBuddhisttextsoftheNorthernDynastiesperiodpreservedin the Tunhuang
manuscripts , butsofarlargelyneglectedbyBuddhistscholars.Thephilosophicaltexts
entitled “ …章 " willfirstbeselectedinordertoshow how Buddhistphilosophiesand practicesintheSui-and-Tangperiodhavedevelopedfrom thetradition ofthespecial typeofphilosophicaldiscussiononthetheses “章" whichhasoriginallybeenbased
upon Buddhistsutr αs and sastr αs , butbecomemore and more independentofthem
finallytobeentirelyfreeofthemasinZendialogue.
STUDYOFTHETRADITIONALMETHODSOFBOOKCATALOGlNGINCHINA (coordinatedbyAssociateProfessorKATsuMuRA, T., April1994-March1999)
The study ofcataloging Chinese books , has traditionally been considered as a study oflearning itself , notas a simple technique of the compilation of catalogs.
FruitfuldiscussionsareexpectedforeditingtheforthcomingcatalogsofChinesebooks collectedintheInstituteLibrary
Thestudyhas the objectto informatizeandanalyzethe books, documents and otherarchivesinChina , withthehelpofinformationsciencetechnology.
LAW ANDSOCIETYINCLASSICALINDIA
(coordinatedbyProfessorIKARI, Y., April1991-March1995)
"Dh αrm α " (righteousness)is one ofthemostimportantkey conceptsforunderュ standingthecivilizationofIndia.Theword"dharm α " isusuallytranslatedas “law" ,
butitdoesnotexaustthetopic.Farbeyondthescopeofitsmerelylegalaspects ,ithas
exertedgreatinfluenceontheidiomofnorm-expressioninthebroadspheresofsocial andculturaltraditionthroughtheagesofbothclassicalandmodernIndia.TheDharュ masiitrasandtheDharma 岳astras belongtothegenreofliteraturewhichtreatvarious
topicsof"dharm α " Inourseminar ,thefocushasbeensetontheformationperiodof
the classical Indiandh αrm α l iterature and our standpoint is to see thedharma 鴫
literatureratherasthemirrorofHinduculturaltraditions ,thanaslegalliteraturein itslimitedaspect.Wehavetaken up theYajftav αlkyα引nrti , one ofthe oldestDharュ
masastras , andhavebeenexaminingthecontentsandstructureofthistextthroughthe joint cooperation of the scholars who are experts of various fields of Indology. Throughtheanalysisofthedharm α l iterature , wetrytoshedthelight on aspects of theformationperiodoftheHinducivilizationwhichhavenotbeenfullyinvestigated. STATUSANDPROFESSIONINCOMPARATIVEHISTORY
(coordinatedbyProfessorMAEKAwA, K., April1992-March1995)
Thisisasocio悶historical studyofoccupationsandprofessionsinpreindustrialand proto-industrialsocietiesinWestern Europe , the Near East , China andJapan. Main topicsofresearchareasfollows:differentiatedsocialranksrepresentedbyindividual occupationsinancientandmedievalsocieties , developmentalprocessesofprofessionalュ ism in early modern societies , development of social institutions for professional discipline , andgradual changes inreligious andsecularideologiestowards occupaュ tionsandprofessions.
A STUDYOFSYMBOLISM
(coordinatedbyProfessorUSAMI, H., April1993-March1997)
つro begin with, the research group will consider what matters symbolism has
brought , taking European (mainy French) literary textsas the chief objects of the study.Atthesametime , wewillalsotakeaccountofitsrelationshipwithoth 母r arts
(music , finearts, drama , etc.);theinfluenceofsocialandpolitical changes on it; a contextinthehistory ofideas; and viewpointfor a comparisonwithnor トEuropean
countries such as China , Japan , etc. Then, examininghow these mattersdev 君loped
afterwards , wehopeespeciallytoobservetheavant-gardeartinthee乱rly 20thcentury asaformofdevelopment , afruit, orametamorphosis , ofsymbolism.Therefore , the
NATURALISTICAPPROACHESTOWARDSHUMANCOMMUNICATIONII (coordinatedbyProfessorTANI, Y., April1994-March1997)
Socialrelationshipsareorganizedandreproducedbymeansofmutualcommunicaュ
tion in ordinary life. Especially after human acquisition of linguistic ability , even
non-verbal representations on which we had previously depended must have been
transformedbyusage.Notonlyforthegeneralanthropologistbutalsofortheethnoュ
grapherwhoreconstructssocioculturalprocessesonthebasisofon-goingsocialinterュ
actionaldata , itiscrucialtounderstandhow we arecommunicating andto bewell
equippedwithappropriateconceptual tools. Specialists in thefields ofprimatology , linguistics ,social-culturalanthropology , sociologyandphilosophymetinthisseminar inordertoanalyseaudio-visualm品terials andtoelaborateourconceptualfr官nework.
THEORGANIZATIONOFSCIENCEAFTERTHEMID-19THCENTURY (coordinatedbyProfessorSAKAGAMI, T., April1994 蜘March 19 自8)
This projectis devotedto conductinginterdisciplinary studies on problems and
conceptsconnectedwith the organization ofscience afterthemid-19thcentry. Major topics underconsider 邑tion include: the specialization and institutionalization of natural ,socialandhumansciences;thetransformationofacademiccommunities;and
thecomplexcross-influencebetweentheorganizationofscienceandthedevelopmentof
modernsociety.Particularattentionwillbepaidtotheemergenceofresearchinstitutes
inEurope and the United States, as well as in Japan. Thisprojectalso intends to
complementtheresultsachievedinthepreceedingone, “Knowledge asSocial Order,"
whichfocusedonthesocial ,politicalandculturalimpactofscienceinEuropeandthe
UnitedStatesduringtheageoftheFrenchRevolution.Sessionswillbeheldfortnightly onFridays.
CULTURALCONSTRUCTIONOFSUBJECT-SELF
(coordinatedbyAssociateProfessorTANAKA, M., April1994-March1997)
This three-year-longprojectaims tounderatanda concept of subject and other
relatedconceptslikeindividual ,self, agency ,personhoodetc.bothwithinthecontextof
cultural settings and within theoretical frameworks. Each member is expected to
presentdatabasedonhisorherfieldworkforcontributingtocomparative analyses ,
and for exammmg the above mentionedconc 叩ts derived from Western academic
culture.