Comparative Research on Subscription Pubushing in Meiji Period Japan

这项研究项目的目的是揭示日本明治早期(1868-1885)订阅出版的纪录片来源和意义。初步结果显示。在项目期间发表在多篇论文中，以及在与本表格分开提交的“研究结果报告”中发表。在后者中，我整理了原始材料，对于了解整个明治日本农村和城市的出版/发行至关重要，更具体地说，是关于订阅出版在那个时代的独特适应。其中包括：(1)从《后宫》中观察到的关于在巴黎的报纸和其他媒体的摘录，这是1870年普鲁士沦陷期间一名年轻的武士学生在巴黎城墙内撰写的一份报告，由明治政府于1871年印刷。(2)日本国家档案馆以前未介绍的与东京出版企业有关的文件摘录(约1876-1883年)。(3)约1873-1883年由东京西式金属活字出版商白文夏出版的报纸上的书籍清单。白文社是第一批向政府提供服务的出版社之一，承担订阅出版项目。(4)东京集裕书局(自由出版社)出版活动年表，约1881-1884年。集友书盘凯莎和它的所有者三宅彻田以致力于明治青少年的自由权利运动而闻名，与白文莎不同的是，他们刻意避免官方赞助。这里的订阅出版延伸到报纸出版和订阅，并与其他政治话语模式联系在一起，包括诗歌和公共演讲活动。

The goal of this research project was to uncover the documentary sources of and to delineate the significance of subscription publishing in early Meiji Japan (1868-1885). The preliminary results have. been published in several papers over the course of the project term, as well as in the "research results report" submitted separately from this form. In the latter, I have collated original materials crucial to an understanding of publishing/distribution throughout rural and urban Meiji Japan generally, and more specifically regarding the unique adaptation of subscription publishing in that era. Those include :(1)Excerpts concerning newspaper and other media observed in Paris from Hoofusensooshiryaku, a report written within the walls of Paris during the Prussian seige of 1870 by a young samurai class student and printed by the Meiji government in 1871.(2)Excerpts from previously unintroduced documents in the Japanese National Archives relating to publishing enterprises in Tokyo ca. 1876-1883.(3)Newspaper listings of books published by Hakubunsha, a western-style metallic type publisher in Tokyo, ca. 1873-1883. Hakubunsha was one of the first publishing houses in service, to the government to undertake subscription publishing projects.(4)A chronology of publishing activities by the Jiyuu Shuppan Kaisha ("Liberty Publishing House") in Tokyo, ca. 1881-1884. Jiyuu Shuppan Kaisha and its owner Miyake Torata were known for their commitment to the Free Rights movements of the Meiji teens, and unlike Hakubunsha studiously avoided official patronage. Subscription publishing here extended to newspaper publishing and subscription, and was linked to other modes of political discourse, including poetry and public speech events.