Comparative Art Theory, a New Construction-Comprehensive Study of Correlations between Literature and Visual Art

这项研究从一个四年计划开始，今年是最后一年。研究工作按计划顺利进行。前两年，我选择了城市和郊区的主题，并仔细研究了文学、电影、摄影和漫画等类型之间的差异，以探索郊区表现的可能性，以及类型规则所施加的限制。我将这项研究的结果汇编并出版为一本阅读书（阅读-城市和郊区）。东京：NTT出版，2004年12月，520页)。在过去的两年里，我选择专注于一位艺术家，而不是单一的主题，选择一位跨越流派界限的艺术家，并研究这对他的作品有何影响。我将这项研究的结果汇编成一本书，并于今年出版（《布拉赛：跨越巴黎的边界》，2007年3月，407页）。通过这个研究项目。通过上述两本书的出版，我实质上明确了未来比较艺术批评讨论的领域、主题和具体表现。我还能够提供完整的、组织良好的书目信息，我相信这将进一步有助于该领域的未来研究。除了以上，我在这个项目的努力包括；(i)发表了关于万神殿圈评论的联合研究成果（2002-2004），（ii）与Denis-Diderot-Paris 7的Centre d'etude de l' literature et de l'image的科学合作（2003），（iii）担任筑波大学研究生院举办的“初中生艺术写作比赛”的评委（2005），（iv）与东京大都会摄影博物馆在布拉赛展览中进行学术合作（2005）。这反映了这项研究的结果。

This study started with a 4-year plan, of which this is the last year. The study has proceeded smoothly as planned. For the first two years, I chose the topic Cities and Suburbs and closely examined differences between such genres as literature, film, photography, and comics to explore possibilities for representation of suburbs and, conversely, limitations imposed by genre rules. I compiled and published the results of that study as a book of readings (Readings-Cities and Suburbs. Tokyo: NTT Publishing, December, 2004, 520p.).In the last two years, I chose to focus on a single artist instead of a single theme, choosing an artist who crossed genre boundaries and researching how that affected his work. I compiled the results of that study into a book, which was published this year (Brassai: au de la des frontiers a Paris (Brassai: Crossing Boundaries in Paris), March, 2007, 407p.)Through this research project. I substantially clarified the domain, subjects, and specific representations for discussion in future comparative art criticism through the publication of the two above-mentioned books. I also was able to provide full, well-organized bibliographic information, which I believe will further contribute to future research in this field.In addition to the above, my efforts in relation to this project included; (i) publication of joint research results concerning The Pantheon Circle Review(2002-2004), (ii) scientific collaboration with Centre d'etude de l'eriture et de l'image, Denis-Diderot-Paris 7 (2003), (iii) served as a judge of the "Art Writing Contest for Junior High Students" organized by the Tsukuba University Graduate School (2005), and(iv) engaged in scholarly cooperation with the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography in its Brassai exhibition (2005), which reflected the results of this research.