Reseach and Collecting of Research Materials of the Four Stationary Treasures and other Objects Owned by Chinese Literati

1985年和1986年，我们研究了黑川幸贺和大阪市美术馆的藏品，以及京都、长崎和东京的长崎市美术馆的作品和私人收藏品。黑川和大阪博物馆拥有最重要的收藏品。黑川收藏包括450件物品，不仅包括四大文具珍品(毛笔、墨饼、砚和纸)，还包括几乎所有与文具相关的物品。如此大量的中国文具收藏在世界上是罕见的，很可能是这一领域研究的主要收藏品。我们相信，我们对这一藏品的基础研究对未来中国文具的研究具有重要意义。大阪博物馆的藏品包括大量犀牛角杯的标本，这在日本是罕见的。它们始建于清代，风格多样，是研究清代犀牛角杯的重要标本。本项目的目的是研究四件文具珍宝和其他文具的实例，收集有关它们的数据，并阐明中国文人的艺术活动与文具之间的关系。在过去的两年里，我们研究了博物馆和私人收藏品中的样本，获得了2200张黑白照片、2200张彩色幻灯片以及相关文献。

In 1985 and 1986 we researched the collections of Kurokawa Kobunka Kenkyujo and Osaka Municipal Art Museum as well as Nagasaki Municipal Art Museum pieces and private collections in Kyoto, Nagasaki and Tokyo. Kurokawa and Osaka Museum hold the most important collections. Kurokawa collection includes 450 items of not only the Four Stationery treasures (brush, ink cake, ink stone and paper) but also almost everything associated with stationery. Such a large collection of Chinese stationery is rare in the world, so that it may well be the principal collection for the research of this field. We believe our basic research of this collection is significant for the future study of Chinese stationery. Osaka Museum collection includes a large number of examples of rhinoceros horn cup, which is rare in Japan. Dating from Qing Dynasty and being of many different styles, they are important specimens for the study of Qing Dynasty rhinoceros horn cups. The aim of the present project is to research examples of the Four Stationery Treasures and other stationery items, collect data on them and shed light upon the relationship between the artistic activities of Chinese literati and stationery. During the last two years we researched examples in museum and private collections and acquired 2200 black and white photographic prints, 2200 color slides as well as related documents.