Japanese Women in Early Meiji Japan and America ; Tsuda Umeko and Alice Bacon

我们的研究项目的结果包括以下三个部分。首先是把爱丽丝·培根的《日本女孩和女人》翻译成日文。我们已经完成了一半，从第一章到第五章涵盖了日本明治早期女性的整个生活。但由于时间有限，关于妇女社会地位和状况的后半部分尚未翻译。我们还详细研究了梅子津田、山须松和爱丽丝·培根的书信往来，从而发现了这本书的写作、出版和批评情况。其次，通过对《阿提克书简》及相关英文作品的考察，在美国和日本当代史的背景下，从对女性地位的批判观点出发，揭示了津田梅子对明治日本妇女教育的贡献及其生平。第三，我们通过1900年发行的《富士新报》收集了大量关于津田梅子、山（山川）斯坦松和永井（永井）重子的文章和描述，以宣传妇女的地位，包括妓女问题、职业问题和妇女高等教育。这些文章和描述肯定是她的见证者，她在20世纪的日本女性中都扮演了受教育程度最高的女性的角色。我们的研究项目是随着美国和日本的一些研究而向前推进的，从批判的角度对近代妇女的历史和教育进行研究，也取得了一些成果。

The results of our research project consist of three parts following below.First is the translation of "Japanese Girls and Women" by Alice Bacon into Japanese. We have accomplished half of it, from chapter 1st up to 5th which cover the range of women's whole life in early Meiji Japan. However latter parts of it concerning women's social positions and conditions have not been translated due to the shortage of time. We also made a detailed research on correspondence between Tsuda Umeko, Oyama Sutematsu and Alice Bacon and consequently found the situation of writing, publishing and criticizing of that book.Secondly, Tsuda Umeko's donation to Women's education of Meiji Japan and her life are revealed from the critical views of women s position, based on a survey of "The Attic Letters " and relevant English writings in the context of contemporary American and Japanese history.Thirdly, we have collected a large quantity of articles and descriptions about Tsuda Umeko, Oyama (Yamakawa) Stematsu and Uryu (Nagai) Shigeko through the Fujyo Sinbun newspaper that was issued in 1900 to promote the women's positions including, prostitute problem, occupation matters and higher education for women. These articles and descriptions are sure to be witnesses to her who all filled the role of highest educated women among Japanese women in 20^<th> century Japan.Our research project stepped forward along with the some kind of research in the States and Japan, studied from the critical point of view for women's history and education in the modern time, and got some fruits as well.