A Study on Acceptance of Imported Knowledge/Skills and View of the World in the Edo Era ; Through Colors/Forms of Japanese Craftsmen' s Works such as Paintings, China, Photographs, Geographic Miniatures and so on.

本研究试图说明日本工匠在制作器皿时对色彩和形状的运用，特别是在江户时代和明治时代之间，是如何受到西方的影响，以及所引进的制作技术和知识。以“通过图像比较研究日本和西方的陶瓷制造业的生产系统”为主题的联合研究项目，其中包括拍摄四个地点的陶瓷生产的工作场所、过程和环境：在日本，佐贺县有田町的柿右卫门窑和福冈县小石原村的高取烧窑的陶瓷生产系统;在德国，国家迈森瓷器厂;在荷兰，皇家德尔夫特弗莱斯。这些图像被特别编辑成四面多图像，并作为允许同时视觉比较的作品放置在DVD上。将石川县从江户后期到明治时期遗留下来的陶瓷、金属、染织图案进行图像化，并将其记录在可检索的DVD上的“加贺地区传统工艺品中的釉下装饰图案数据库”。这些资料在东京国立博物馆的图片档案馆（Onchizuroku）中被视为珍贵的收藏品。此外，项目组的各个成员分别对上述关键词（工作制度、生活方式、世界认可度）进行了研究。这些研究的结果将在即将出版的出版物中摘要介绍。

This study attempts to show how Japanese artisans' use of color and form in the production of vessels and utensils was influenced, particularly by the West, as well as the production techniques and knowledge which were introduced, between the Edo period and the Meiji period.The results of research over the past four years can be presented as follows :1. A joint research project with the theme 'A comparative study of the production systems of ceramics manufactories in Japan and the West through images', which involved photographing the workplaces, processes, and environments of ceramics production in four locations : in Japan, the porcelain production system of the Kakiemon kiln of Arita-machi, Saga Prefecture, and the Takatori-Yaki kiln of Koishibara-mura, Fukuoka Prefecture ; in Germany, the national Meissen porcelain factory ; and in the Netherlands, the Royal Delft Fles. porcelain factory.These images were specially edited into four-sided multi-images and placed on DVD as works which permit simultaneous visual comparison.2. 'A database of underglaze decoration designs in traditional handicrafts of the Kaga district' which involved the imaging of ceramics, metal work, and dyeing-and-weaving designs remaining from the late Edo period to the Meiji period in Ishikawa Prefecture, and the recording of the images on searchable DVD. This material is especially noted as a highly valued collection of materials in the Pictorial Archives (Onchizuroku) of the Tokyo National Museum.In addition, each of the keywords(Work system, Life style, World recognition )noted above has been separately researched by the respective members of the project team. The results of those studies will be summarized in a forthcoming publication.