Multicultural Calendars : A Focus on Japan

2004财政年度的重点是收集日本的多文化日历及其相关信息。获得的日历包括居住在日本的人使用的巴西、韩国、中国和菲律宾日历。还收集了在日本印刷的伊斯兰和东正教历法。我们还设法获得了天美和冲绳仍在使用的“阴历”或“旧历法”。第二年，一些成员在日本进行补充研究。然而，大多数成员都走出国门，在全球范围内比较以前的调查结果。访问的国家包括台湾、美国、巴西、伊朗、波斯尼亚和芬兰。收集的日历保存在代表办公室，并开始制作清单的工作。日历将存放在国家民族学博物馆，数据将通过网站向公众开放。调查结果暂定为五篇论文发表在《民族历史博物馆》(第109卷，国立民族学博物馆，2005年)上，其中重点介绍了日本少数民族对多元文化日历的使用。

In the fiscal year of 2004 the focus was put on the collection of multicultural calendars in Japan and their related information. The calendars acquired include Brazilian, Korean, Chinese, Philippine ones used by the respective people living in Japan. Islamic and Orthodox calendars printed in Japan were also collected. We also tried to obtain "lunar calendars" or "older calendars" still used in Amami and Okinawa.In the second year some members were engaged in the supplementary researches in Japan. Most of the members, however, went abroad to compare the previous findings in the global context. The countries visited include Taiwan, U.S.A., Brazil, Iran, Bosnia and Finland.The collected calendars were kept in the office of the representative and the work of making list was initiated. Calendars will be deposited in the National Museum of Ethnology and the data will be opened to the general public through website.The findings were tentatively published as five essays in the Minpaku Tsuushin (vol.109, National Museum of Ethnology, 2005), in which the uses of multicultural calendars among the ethnic minorities in Japan were focused.