A study of the acceptance of Western Culture in the early Meiji Erain Tohoku

本研究以卫理公会传教士的活动记录为依据，探讨日本近代化进程中，西学在东北地区的接受情况。在科学研究补助金（C）项目中，作者完成了对美国印第安纳州迪堡大学档案馆保存的卫理公会女传教士档案和英约翰活动资料的研究。研究结果如下：1.通过对卫理公会女传教士的记载、1899年广崎女子学校（广崎校）女学生的论文、和德小学的记载等资料的分析，阐明了女传教士在津轻的活动和影响.通过对德堡大学档案馆的调查，作者发现了关于约翰·英的新资料，如他的原始信件和发表的文章。这些论文反映了当时传教士的生活和活动的新事实和新形象，因此，在本研究期内，作者揭示了明治初期东北地区接受西学的新面貌。

This study focused on how Western learning was accepted in the Tohoku region in the process of modernization in Japan by using the records of the Methodist missionaries' activities. In this term of Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)), the author has completed research of the women missionaries' records of the Methodist church and the materials concerning John Ing's activities stored in the Archives of DePauw University IN, USA. The research results are as follows;1. By analyses of the women missionaries' records of the Methodist church, the paper written by the girl students in the Hirosaki girl's school (Hirosaki jo-gakko) in 1899, and the records of Wattoku elementary school, the author clarified the activities and influence of women missionaries in Tsugaru.2. By investigating the Archives of DePauw University, the author found new materials on John Ing such as his original letters and published articles. Theses evidenced the new facts and images of the missionary' s life and activities at that time.Thus, in this research term, the author unveiled new aspects of the acceptance of western learning in the Tohoku region in the early Meiji era.