Investigation on the Japanese classics possessed by The Museum of Fine Arts,Boston

本课题委托的研究目的如下：本研究旨在建立国外日本典籍的基本书目资料，对波士顿美术博物馆收藏的日本典籍、中文图书进行综合系统的调查。此外，还将为培养日美两国的下一代研究人员做出贡献。“日本学”，与日本学研究者社群的建构。根据目的，获得了以下结果。我们于2012年5月、8月和10月进行了实地调查。日本的Nakano Mitsutoshi团队、Robert Campbell团队和哈佛大学的Yukio Lippit团队通过与波士顿美术博物馆的协商，积累了书名、作者、出版年份等书目数据。并创建了打印在WEB上的书目数据，这些数据将从波士顿美术博物馆发送到世界各地。至此，完成了对外交部收藏的大部分日本典籍（约7000件、3万多册）的调查。在进行这个项目之前，我们假设他们只有3000部左右的作品，但很明显，威廉·斯特吉斯·毕格罗，爱德华·西尔维斯特·莫尔斯，欧内斯特·弗朗西斯科·费诺罗萨和冈仓（天心）等前人热情收集的日本经典作品的数量是我们假设的两倍。因此，我们可以说，MFA拥有的绘本和作品数量比世界上任何其他博物馆都要多。此外，为了培养优秀的下一代日本学研究人员和日本典籍专家，我们开展了日本典籍扫盲和研讨会。同时，我们努力在波士顿培训研究人员，让他们一起参与研究，这样他们将来就可以自己做了。我还想说，关于日本经典下落的信息网络是由22个组织（11个国内组织和11个海外组织）组成的。通过这个网络，九州大学希望成为日本经典研究的研究基地，并收集下落信息，我们将传播与我们的研究有关的信息。少

The purpose of the research entrusted to this project is as follows. "The purpose of this research is to createthe basic bibliographic data of japanese classics in abroad, investigating synthetically and systematically Japanese classics, Chinese books possessed in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Also, striving for its public presentation and dispatch, it would contribute to the training of next generation researchers of Japan-U.S. "Japanology", and the construction of Japanology researcher community. " According to the purpose, the following result was achieved. We carried out a field survey in May, August, and October 2012. The Japanese team of Nakano Mitsutoshi, Robert Campbell and Harvard University team of Yukio Lippit accumulated the bibliographic data, such as a title, an author, and a publication year through deliberations with Museumof Fine Arts, Boston. And, created the bibliographic data printed in the WEB, which will be sent towards the world from Museum of Fine Arts, Bosto … More n . As a result, the investigation on most ofJapanese classics possessed in MFA, which amounts to about 7000 works and 30,000 volumes or more, was completed. Before carrying out this project , we presumed that they would be only about 3000 works, but it became clear that the number of Japanese classics ,which predecessors such as William Sturgis Bigelow, Edward-Sylvester Morse, Ernest-Francisco Fenollosa and Kakuzo Okakura (Tenshin) collected with passion, is the twice of our presumption. So, we will be able to say that the number of picture-book and works possessed in MFA is bigger than that of any other museums in the world. Add to that, in order to train excellent next-generation Japanology researchers and specialists for japanese classics, we carried out the literacy of japanese classics and the seminar. Also, we strived for the training of researchers in Boston, engaging in the research together so that they may be able to do themselves in the future. I would also like to write that the network over the information, concerning about whereabouts of Japanese classics ,was formed between 22 organizations (11 domestics and 11 overseas.) Using this network, Kyushu University wants to become a base of research over this research: Japanese classics, and collecting the information of whereabouts, we are going to disseminatewhat is concerned to our research. Less