The Society of Books, Publishing and Social Change in Japan

1.为了阐明图书、出版和社会之间的相互关系，成立了以下六个项目分组：（A）图书、出版和环境（B）出版商和出版（C）手稿和出版的图书（D）图书流通（E）读者（F）作家2。通过近三年的实地考察，项目小组发现并整理了历史文献和书籍。“图书、出版和社会变革协会”在3年内举行了22次会议，特邀演讲人和项目成员发表了演讲。在会议期间，日本史、近代日本文学、日本语言学、目录学、民俗学、宗教史等研究者进行了建设性和积极的跨学科讨论。该项目的重点是研究“大名hyoban-ki”（关于大名声誉的著作），并仔细研究了Dokai-Koshu-Ki，Buke-Kannin-Ki，Buke-Kancho-Ki和Kantho-Ki-Kosei之间的关系。以下两份报告是研究的结果：《关于大名孝坂淇的基础研究》和《关于大名孝坂淇的基础研究》第二卷第5节。该协会在3年内出版了4期《书籍、出版和社会变革》。这4期包含文章、历史文献和书籍评论以及实地考察报告。该项目的成果还发表在《一桥评论》和《礼记孝论》期刊的特刊上。

1. The following six project subgroups were formed in order to elucidate the mutual relation between books, publishing and society : (A) Books, publishing and environment (B) Publishers and publishing (C) Manuscripts and published books (D) Circulation of books (E) Readers (F) Writers2. Through several fieldworks conducted in the last 3 years, the project subgroups found and organized historical documents and books.3. “The Society of Books, Publishing and Social Change" met 22 times in 3 years, in which guest speakers as well as the members of the project gave presentations. In the meetings, constructive and active interdisciplinary discussions took place among researchers of history of Japan, early modern Japanese literature, Japanese linguistics, bibliography, folklore, history of religions, etc.4. The project laid emphasis on the study of “daimyo-hyoban-ki" (writings on the reputation of daimyos) and scrutinized the relation between Dokai-Koshu-Ki, Buke-Kannin-Ki, Buke-Kancho-Ki, and Kantho-Ki-Kosei. The following two reports are the results of the study : Fundamental Study on Daimyo-Hyoban-Ki and Fundamental Study on Daimyo-Hyoban-Ki Volume II.5. The Society published 4 issues of Books, Publishing, and Social Change in 3 years. The 4 issues contain articles, reviews of historical documents and books, and fieldwork reports. The results of the project were also published in the special issues of periodicals The Hitotsubashi Review and Rekishi Hyoron.