Christopher Dresser (1834-1904) and Meiji Japan: A Transcultural Approach to Perceived Nationalized Aesthetics in Material Culture

我希望追求一种跨文化的研究方法来交流感知民族审美的物质文化，重点是纺织品，在日本和英国之间，以及在何种程度上明治时代（1868-1912）的纺织品改变，以适应西方的口味。现存的纺织品证实了日本和英国在制造和设计实践方面的交流和解释吗？为了探讨这一问题，我希望提供一个新的非殖民地的方法，克里斯托弗梳妆台的跨文化交流之旅，日本在1876年代表维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆和随后的纺织品设计和写作。我的目标是通过理论，档案和收藏为基础的研究，从日本艺术史理论，而不是美学运动的奖学金绘图。梳妆台在1876/77年的旅行有很多目的：把欧洲装饰艺术的精选收藏带到东京国立博物馆，把“欧洲美学”和现代工业技术传授给日本制造商，帮助他们成功地扩大出口市场，并增加他自己的商业风险。和蒂芙尼公司的日本收藏。我的研究项目将分为三个部分：分析德莱塞在日本之行中购买的纺织品;分析梳妆台在日本之行前后设计的英日纺织品;以及考察梳妆台访问日本前后在京都西津纺织区生产的明治纺织品。

I wish to pursue a transcultural research approach to the exchange of perceivednationalized aesthetics in material culture, focusing on textiles, between Japan andGreat Britain and to what extent Meiji Era (1868-1912) textiles were altered to suitwestern taste. What do extant textiles confirm about the exchange and interpretation ofmanufacture and design practices between Japan and Great Britain? To explore thisquestion, I wish to offer a new decolonial approach to Christopher Dresser's crosscultural exchange trip to Japan in 1876 on behalf of the Victoria & Albert Museum andsubsequent textile design and writing. I aim to achieve this through theoretical, archivaland collection-based research drawing from Japanese art history theory as opposed toAesthetic movement scholarship. Dresser's trip in 1876/77 served many purposes: tobring a curated collection of European decorative arts to the Tokyo National Museum, toimpart the 'European aesthetic' and modern industrial techniques to Japanesemanufacturers to aid in successfully increasing their export market, and to add to hisown business venture Londos & Co.'s and Tiffany & Co.'s Japanese collections. Myresearch project would be divided into three sections: an analysis of textiles Dresserpurchased on his trip to Japan; the Anglo-Japanese textiles designed by Dresser beforeand after his trip to Japan; and an examination of Meiji textiles produced in the Nishijintextile district in Kyoto before and after Dresser's visit.