Reseach and Collecting of Research Materials of the Four Stationary Treasures and other Objects Owned by Chinese Literati

在1985年和1986年，我们研究了黑川小文化研究所和大坂市立美术馆的藏品，以及长崎市立美术馆的藏品和京都、长崎和东京的私人藏品。黑川和大坂博物馆拥有最重要的收藏品。黑川的收藏品包括450件物品，不仅有文具四宝（笔、墨饼、砚台和纸），而且几乎所有与文具有关的物品。如此之多的中国文具收藏在世界上是罕见的，因此它很可能是这一领域研究的主要收藏。我们相信，对这批文具的基础性研究，对今后的中国文具研究具有重要意义。大坂博物馆收藏有大量犀牛角杯的例子，这在日本是罕见的。这些犀角杯的年代为清代，样式繁多，是研究清代犀角杯的重要标本。本计画的目的是以文房四宝及其他文房四宝为研究对象，搜集相关资料，探讨中国文人的艺术活动与文房四宝的关系。在过去的两年里，我们研究了博物馆和私人收藏的例子，并获得了2200张黑白白色照片，2200张彩色幻灯片以及相关文件。

In 1985 and 1986 we researched the collections of Kurokawa Kobunka Kenkyujo and Osaka Municipal Art Museum as well as Nagasaki Municipal Art Museum pieces and private collections in Kyoto, Nagasaki and Tokyo. Kurokawa and Osaka Museum hold the most important collections. Kurokawa collection includes 450 items of not only the Four Stationery treasures (brush, ink cake, ink stone and paper) but also almost everything associated with stationery. Such a large collection of Chinese stationery is rare in the world, so that it may well be the principal collection for the research of this field. We believe our basic research of this collection is significant for the future study of Chinese stationery. Osaka Museum collection includes a large number of examples of rhinoceros horn cup, which is rare in Japan. Dating from Qing Dynasty and being of many different styles, they are important specimens for the study of Qing Dynasty rhinoceros horn cups. The aim of the present project is to research examples of the Four Stationery Treasures and other stationery items, collect data on them and shed light upon the relationship between the artistic activities of Chinese literati and stationery. During the last two years we researched examples in museum and private collections and acquired 2200 black and white photographic prints, 2200 color slides as well as related documents.