Cultural Relationships Between Japan and the United Stated in Late 19th Century

在过去的三年里，这个联合项目旨在收集研究日美关系的第一手资料。19世纪晚期的美国关系。除了珍贵的重要书籍，我们还能得到旧金山报纸《每日阿尔塔》（Daily Alta）整期报纸的缩微胶卷。此外，还可以访问E. G. Stillman收藏的存放在哈佛大学Widener图书馆的关于日本的期刊文章。利用这些第一手资料，8位研究人员研究了19世纪末两国文化关系的各个阶段。威廉·斯蒂尔关注的是美国对佩里准将打开日本之门的反应。源本良通过哈里斯考察基督教对横井舜南思想的影响。Benjamin Duke对Charles Lamman在Tsuda Umeko思想形成中的作用进行了研究。立川明以希区库克的影响为基础，阐明了克拉克博物学思想的特点。申千叶在美国先验论者爱默生和惠特曼的影响下，对内村Kanzo思想的形成进行了研究。威廉·席佩尔展示了张伯伦对拉夫卡迪奥·赫恩的风格问题的欣赏。齐藤诚研究了乔治·凯南在中俄战争时期对日本的认识。Naoki Onishi调查了E. G. Stillman收集的微缩胶片材料。

During past three years, this joint-project has aimed at collecting primary sources for the study of Japan-U. S. Relationships in the late 19th century. Other than rare significant books, we could obtain the microfilm of the whole issues of Daily Alta, a San Francisco newspaper. Also, it became possible to have access to the E. G. Stillman's collection of the journal articles on Japan stored in Widener Library at Harvard University. Using those first-hand materials, eight researchers have studied various phases of the cultural relationship of the two countries in the late 19th century.William Steele focused upon the American response of Commodore Perry's opening of Japan. Ryoen Minamoto has made an investigation upon Christian influence on Yokoi Shonan's thought through Thomas Lake Harris. Benjamin Duke made a research on Charles Lamman's role in forming Tsuda Umeko's thought. Akira Tachikawa clarified the feature of William Clark's idea of natural history based upon Edward Hitchcook's influence. Shin Chiba conducted a research upon the formation of Uchimura Kanzo's thought influenced by American Transcendentalists, Emerson and Whitman. William Schipper showed Chamberlin's appreciation of Lafcadio Hearn's stylistic problem. Makoto Saito has researched George Kennan's understanding of Japan between Sino- and Russian- War period. And, Naoki Onishi has investigated E. G. Stillman's collection from the microfilm material.