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原始资料。S.世纪后期的关系。除了罕见的重要书籍，我们可以获得整期的每日阿尔塔，旧金山弗朗西斯科的缩微胶片。此外，它成为可能有机会获得E。G.斯蒂尔曼收集的关于日本的期刊文章存放在哈佛大学的魏尔图书馆。八位研究者利用这些第一手资料，研究了19世纪后期两国文化关系的各个阶段。威廉·斯蒂尔（William Steele）重点研究了佩里（Perry）开放日本后美国的反应。源良圆通过托马斯莱克·哈里斯考察了基督教对横井湘南思想的影响。本杰明·杜克对查尔斯·拉曼在津田梅子思想形成中的作用进行了研究。立川明受爱德华·希区柯克的影响，阐明了克拉克博物学思想的特点。千叶信对内村干三思想的形成进行了研究，认为内村干三的思想受到了美国超验主义者、爱默生和惠特曼的影响。威廉·席佩尔（William Schipper）表现出张伯伦对拉夫卡迪奥·赫恩的文体问题的赞赏。斋藤诚研究了乔治凯南在甲午战争和日俄战争之间对日本的认识.大西直树对E. G.斯蒂尔曼从微缩胶片上收集的资料。

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.