The Aesthetic Structure of the Early Modern Japanese Visual Culture : Observations Derived from the Typology of Aesthetic Qualities

本研究项目旨在把握近代早期日本视觉文化的审美结构。为此，本文以宇多郎和广成的作品和话语为线索，论证了“有趣/有趣”和“可爱/漂亮”等反应/情感品质的重要性。同时，通过对葛饰北斋的作品和生活的考察，也证实了江户时代文化模式的正确性，即所谓的“宫二相”。在这种模式中，宫具有优雅、精致的审美品质，与宫的粗俗相比，宫显得冷漠、没有人情味，具有温暖和人情味。

This research project aims at grasping the aesthetic structure of the Japanese visual culture in the early modern era. For this purpose, it demonstrated the importance of such reaction/affective qualities as “omoshiroshi (interesting/amusing)” and ”kawayurashi (lovely/pretty)”, using works and words of Utamaro and Hiroshige as clues. Also, by examining the works and life of Hokusai it confirmed the validity of the model of Edo-period culture, the so-called “binary of ga and zoku”, in which ga is possessed of elegant and refined aesthetic quality, which is regarded cold and impersonal when compared to the vulgarity of zoku, which has warmth and human feeling.