Historyofestablishment
Countingfromtheestablishmentofitspredecessor,theInstituteofOrientalCulturein1929,theInstituteofHumanitieshasahistoryofmorethan50years.TheInstituteofOrientalCulturewasinitiallycalledtheKyotoInstituteofOrientalCultureInstitute.ItwasestablishedonthebasisofBoxerIndemnity,withtheassistanceoftheMinistryofForeignAffairs,forthepurposeofstudyingChinesecultureandcooperatingwithresearchinstitutionsinTokyo.ItcanbeseenthatintheearlydaysoftheShowaera,theso-called"KyotoChinaStudies"centeredontheDepartmentofLiteratureofKyotoUniversityreceivedconsiderableattentionfromtheacademiccirclesatthattime.Longhistory,deepfoundation.Whenthenewbuildingoftheinstitutewascompletedin1930,therewereonlyeightfull-timeresearchers,anditsoonexpandedtoincludeabout30specialresearchers.
AftertheoutbreakoftheSino-JapaneseWar,theKyotoInstituteoftheInstituteofOrientalCulturewasrenamedtheInstituteofOrientalCulturein1938.InAugust1939,itwaschangedtotheInstituteofHumanitiesSciencesattachedtoKyotoUniversity,whosepurposewastoconductcomprehensiveresearchonthehumanitiesofEastAsia.Atthattime,therewerethreeprofessorsandsixassociateprofessors.Infact,therewasonlyoneprofessorandfourassociateprofessorsforalongperiodoftime.Afterthewar,theHumanitiesResearchInstitutetookanewdirection.TheresearchobjectswereexpandedfromlimitedtoAsiatotheentireworld.ItmergedwiththeInstituteofOrientalCultureandtookovertheInstituteofWesternCulture.Itwasrebuiltin1948andbecameaveritablename.HumanitiesResearchInstitute.Afterthewar,theinstitutesetupelevenlectures,dividedintothreedepartments:Japan,theEast,andtheWest,andcarriedoutindividualresearchandjointresearchatthesametime,andbecamealarge-scaleresearchinstitution.Intheearlypost-warperiod,themainresearchresultwasthecontinuationofChineseclassicalstudiesandarchaeologicalinvestigationsoftheoriginalOrientalCultureInstitute.Forthisreason,itisknownasthe"BirthplaceofChineseStudies"inJapan.In1965,the"OrientationLiteratureCenter"wasestablishedasasubsidiaryorganization.Thecenternotonlycompilesvariouscatalogswiththeabundantsinologicalmaterialscollectedbytheinstitute,butalsoprovidesvariousbookstoresearchersathomeandabroad.Thereareeightfull-timestaff.In1975,theinstituterebuilttheoriginalbuildinginDongyiandexpandeditintoabuildingfourtimeslargerthantheoriginalone,makingresearchactivitiesmoreconvenient.
Post-warJapan'sdemilitarization,socialreforms,andthedevelopmentofmasscommunicationhavegreatlyhelpedthedevelopmentofhumanitiesandsocialsciences.TheHumanitiesResearchInstitutealsoregardsthisdevelopmentasitsownresponsibility.Whetheritisjointresearchorindividualresearchofthemembers,thereareoutstandingachievements.Theresultsofjointresearchinclude"StudyofLusuo"(1951)editedbyTakeoKuwabara,"StudyofAmericanDisturbance"(1952)editedbyKiyoshiInoueandToruWatanabe,and"StudyonAmericanDisturbance"(1952)editedbyShigekiKaizuka,"OramentalBoneInscriptionsCollectedbytheInstituteofHumanSciences,KyotoUniversity""(1959-1968)etc.Thepublicationofotherjournals,thecompilationofcatalogsanddatacollections,andtheresultsofpersonalresearcharetoonumeroustolist.
Fortheneedsofjointresearch,theHumanitiesScienceInstituteoftenasksotherresearchinstitutionsforresearchassistance.Usuallytherearetwiceasmanyvisitingresearchersasfull-timeresearchers,andtheyparticipateinresearchmeetings.In1978,anewguestresearchdepartmentwiththethemeof"comparativeculture"wasestablished.CoupledwiththeestablishmentoftheOrientalStudiesDocumentationCenter,thenumberofscholarsvisitingfromhomeandabroadhasbeenincreasing,andsomehaveparticipatedinjointresearchasvisitingprofessors,orhiredprofessors,orforeigntrainees.Therefore,theHumanitiesResearchInstituteisnotonlyinJapan,butalsohasahighevaluationintheworld,andhasbecomeoneoftheworld'sresearchcenters.
Researchstatus
From1979to1980,theresearchstatusoftheinstituteisasfollows:
Jointresearch
1.Pre-QineraThepersoninchargeoftheresearchonculturalrelics:LinYenaifu
Thisresearchprojectisexpectedtobecompletedin1980.Held"ZhouLi"seminarsandresearchpresentations.
TheseminarwasfromChunguanDaZongBotoSweden,andwasheldbyShangshanChunping,LinKenaifu,Tomiyaji,IkedaHidezo,andJiangCunZhishu.Thepublishedresearchresultsareasfollows:
LinGenaifu:TheusageofwinevesselsforsacrificialceremoniesintheYinandZhouDynasties.
HashimotoKeizo:Starnamesandastrologicalsignsinthepre-Qinera.
LunchinAutumnMountain:Bronzedrumsandtombsdiscoveredinrecentyears.
JianglinZhishu:ChangesinthecharactersofthebambooslipsfromtheQinandHanDynastiesintheWarringStatesPeriod.
KenjiSugimoto:IntroductiontoYuWeichaoandGaoMing's"ResearchontheTripodSystemofZhouDynasty"
IjimaTakeshi:ErlitouCultureandXiaDynastyIssues.
ShuzoIkeda:AnnotationandPrefacetoZhouLishu
2.ThepersoninchargeoftheresearchontheculturalrelicsoftheWarringStatesPeriodunearthedfromthemainland:LinKennef
Theabove-mentioned"Pre-QinDynasty""ResearchonCulturalRelicsoftheTimes",althoughtheexpectedresultshavebeenachieved,butrecentlybecausemanyculturalrelicsrelatedtotheWarringStatesPeriodhavebeenunearthed,specialresearchhasbeencarriedout.Itisscheduledtobecompletedinthreeyears.TheQinlawpartofthe"ShuihudiQinTombBambooSlips"wasusedasthebaseofthediscussion,andthe"ZhouLi"wascloselyrelatedtotheautumnlawsuitpart.Themethodofresearchisstillinteractivediscussionandresearchpublication.ParticipatingresearchersinthisgroupincludeHaruheiUeyama,HarukiEmura,MasajinKusanyama,TanakaTan,Tomiyachi,NorikoMiyazaki,andMitsukuniYoshida.TheoutsidepartincludesAikawaYoshiko,AkiyamaShinobu,IijimaTakeji,ItoDoji,InabaIchiro,OtamiOsamu,KawamataMasato,KitamuraRyōka,IgawaQiang,KominamiIchiro,SatoTaketoshi,SugimotoKenji,SobkawaHiroshi,HidemaNagata,KeizoHashimoto,TakayasuOgeguchi,AkiraMachida,KenjiroYonedaandothers.
Duringtheresearchperiod,theeighteentypesoftheinnerQinlawinthe"SleepingTigerDiQinTombBambooSlips"wereTianLaw,StableGardenLaw,CangLawandJinBuLawbyLinKenaifu,SugimotoKenjiandRiceYeYilangandothersserved."ZhouLi"isfromQiuGuanDaSiKoutoXiangShi,byFuGuZhi,JiangCunZhiShuandSangShanZhengJin.Publishedpapersinclude:
XiaonanIchiro:IntroductiontoGuJiegang's"Legendof"ZhouGongZhiLi"and"TheAppearanceofZhouGuan"".
3.ThepersoninchargeofmodernChinesecitiesandculture:YuMeiyuan
ChooseafewlargecitiesinChinasincetheSongDynastytodiscusstheirhistoricalchanges,politics,societyandcultureinthecity.Waitfordetailedresearch.TakingWuZimu's"MengLiangLu"asthebaseofthediscussion,inadditiontotranslationandannotation,thelarge-scaletopographicmapisusedasthebasis,andthedataisfullyutilizedinanattempttorestoreKaifeng,Hangzhou,andSuzhoutothetopographyofeachera.
4.Researchleaderofthenewlydiscoveredscientifichistorymaterials:KeijiYamada
Themainresearchhasbeentorediscoverorunearthrelevantscienceinthemainlandduringthefiveyearssince1977Informationonthehistoryoftechnology.
Recently,manydocumentsandrelicshavebeenunearthedonthemainland.InadditiontothemedicalbooksexcavatedinMawangduiortheHantombsinWuwei,theseculturalrelicsalsofoundmanyvaluablematerialsinthehistoryofscienceandtechnologythatmayoverturntheprevioustheories.Thesediscoveriesarenotnecessarilywithinthescopeofarchaeologyandancienthistory.Forexample,amongtheseexcavations,therearefourotherworksbySongYingxing,theauthorof"HeavenlyCreations",MingDynasty.Theobjectsofthisgroupofresearchdonotaskwhatkindofdocumentsandrelics,timesandscopestheybelongto,aslongastheyarenewlydiscoveredmaterialsareincluded.
Inthediscussion,wefirstintroducedWuwei'smedicalslips,andthenintroducedthemedicalbooksandastronomicaldocumentsunearthedinMawangdui.Theresearchresultsarescheduledtobepublishedin"OrientalJournal"onebyone.
5.ResearchonLiShangyinResponsibleperson:AraiKen
Startingin1978,itisplannedtostudythemostdifficultandimportantQilvpoemsoflateTangpoetLiShangyininthreeyears.BasedontheresearchresultsofthelateTangliterarygroup,basedonthecompleteworksofahundredfamouspoetsoftheTangDynastyasthebasecopy,andthenrefertothevariousmaterialsthathavebeencollected,usetheformofdiscussiontomakedetailedannotationsandrevisionsasmuchaspossible.IntheSevenLaws,thefollowing18chaptersof"Youth"andtheeightchaptersof"Untitled"otherthantheSevenLawshavebeenread.
6.ThepersoninchargeoftheresearchonsocialchangesintheMingandQingDynasties:OnoKazuko
Aftercompletingtheindexingofthe"YongzhengZhuPingzhi",thetitleoftheteammember'sresearchreportisasfollows:
Matsuura:AStudyontheTradeofNagasakiintheQingDynasty
TaniguchiNorio:AStudyontheDevelopmentofHankouTown
OnoKazuko:BookReview"ResearchontheCulturalHistoryoftheMingDynasty"(ManoQianlong'swork)
ZhuShaYazhang:PeopleandBuddhisminWestZhejiangintheYuanDynasty
JianyeQianlong:SupervisionandInspectionoftheMingDynasty
FuMaJin:MingDynastySocialMovementofNanjingCitizens
MoriMasao:CustomsinChineseHistory
Iwami?:ChangesintheCorridorSystemintheMingDynasty—MiscellaneousServiceCentered
MoritaMing:ResearchonthewaterconservancyandfarmingpolicyintheKifuareaintheQingDynasty
YakuoYamane:PeasantRebellionandGentlemanStrategiesintheLateMingDynasty—TheLiYanissueisthecenter
SakakuraAtsushi:ChenhaoRebellion
FuYiling:AStudyofMingandQingHistoryinChina
ShigekiIwai:FinancialRelationshipbetweentheCentralandLocalGovernmentsintheQingDynasty
QuanHanSheng:MingandQingDynastiesResearchonSino-PhilippineAmericanTradeintheEra
MasamiHamada:OntheResearchStatusofXinjiangHistoryinModernChina
TaniguchiNorio:AStudyontheReformoftheWarLawofNorthChinaandthePeasantRebellionintheLateMingDynasty
ZhangQizhi:OneHundredSchoolsofScholarsintheLateMingandEarlyQingDynasties
ZhuShaYazhang:AStudyofTempleRentinFujianintheMingDynasty
NomaQianlong:AStudyofEunuchZhangYongzhi——EspeciallytherelationshipwithLiuJin
7.Primaryresearchleader:OzakiYujiro
Thediscussionof"Richizhilu"hasendedinVolume2,andthestudyoforaclebonescriptisattheJaoZongyiAssociationChinaisalmostover.Continuetodiscuss"SikuQuanshuGeneralCatalog"(Jingbu,PrimarySchool),andpublishtheresultsofprimaryschoolresearch.StillinviteTakakatsuHashimotoofKyotoSangyoUniversitytoserve.
8.CultureandsocietyintheearlyyearsoftheRepublicofChinaLeader:NaokiDima
Thisgroupwasformedin1978aftertheMayFourthMovementResearchGroup.Mainlylisteningtoreportsfromteammembersandvisitingresearchers:
KataokaKazutada:TheCommunistPartyofChinaandtheHuis
KitayamaYasuo:TheLaborandLifeofModernChineseWorkers
MinoruKitamura:OnthefirstcooperationbetweentheKuomintangandtheCommunistParty
HorikawaTetsuo:AreportonattendingtheacademicseminaronthehistoryoftheTaipingHeavenlyKingdom
XinerOno:OntheNewMayFourthDocuments
>TiichiKawada:AStudyofChina'sMayFourthMovement-TrendsintheHistoryofThought
KenjiEda:TheLaborMovementinShanghaiduringtheMay30thPeriod
ShigekiIwai:TheWesternizationMovementandtheFinanceoftheLateQingDynasty
SenfumiKobayashi:HuangYanpeiandtheVocationalEducationMovement
Morikawa’sRighteousWay:WashingtonConference
OnoSantos:OneofthebestinJiangsuandZhejiangduringtheNationalRevolutionWarlordDomination
ZhangKaiyuan:TheStatusQuoofResearchontheRevolutionof1911inChinaToday
XiaoguanNobuyuki:ThedevelopmentofjournalisminmodernChinaandacertainreporter
MatsumotoHideki:SongJiaorenandthe"Jiandao"issue
LiuDanian:Ontherelationshipbetweenthemassesandleaders
TheJapaneseviewofChinaandYuanShikai’sevaluation
GaoHashiRyōwa:ResearchonSunWenjianguo'sThreeProcedures
OnoKazuko:TheMayFourthMovementandWomen’sEducation
ShimizuMinoru:AResearchonHunanDuringtheRevolutionof1911
NaokiDima:TheMayFourthMovementandtheNorth-SouthPeaceConference
KawaiSatoru:TheEconomicConstructionActivitiesoftheNationalEconomicCommitteeandItsHistoricalSignificance
HirooFujimoto:TheMayFourthMovementinJapanReports
TakeuchiHiroyuki:ChronologicalIssuesintheLateQingDynastyandtheEarlyRepublicofChina
KataokaKazutada:TheWorkofChineseMuslimsinJapan-OneAspectoftheStudyofIslaminJapan
9.ThepersonresponsibleforthecultureofZen:YanagidaShengshan
TostudywhyZenbecamepopularintheTangDynastyandwasonlyre-recognizedintheSongDynasty.Biographyistheresearchbase,andIhavefinishedreadingthesecondvolume.Researchandpublishfromtheperspectiveofcomparativereligiousthought.Suchas:
OgataKashu:Thetextbookissueof"ContinuedBiographyofMonks".
10.ThepersoninchargeofTaoismandBuddhismintheSuiandTangDynasties:FukunagaMitsuji
TheBuddhismandTaoismteachingintheSuiandTangDynastiesarecloselyrelatedtothereligiousthoughtsofIndia,ChinaandJapan.ConfucianismintheSongandMingdynastieswasalsoaffectedtosomeextent.Thisgroupstartedin1980anddiscussedindetailTangFalin’s"TenParablesandNineProverbs".
11.CultureandSocietyintheMiddleAgesofChinaLeader:KawakatsuYoshio
Thisresearchwascompletedin1979,andtheresearchreportiscurrentlybeingactivelysorted.
Personalresearch
FukunagaMitsuji:HistoryofTaoistThoughtintheTangDynasty
KawakatsuYoshio:AristocraticSocietyandItsCulture
YagitaSacredMountain:AStudyofZenDocuments
Takeuchi:ChineseLiteratureinthe1930s
OzakiYujiro:AStudyoftheHistoryofChinesePhonology
LinGenaifu:YinArchaeologicalResearchonZhouCulturalRelics
AraiKen:ChinesePoetics
YamadaKeiji:AncientChineseMedicineandThought
UmeharaYu:SongDynastyBureaucracy
RangamiTonami:AStudyofSocialHistoryintheSuiandTangDynasties
TetsuyaKatsumura:AStudyofLandOwnershipintheMiddleAgesofChina
NaokiDima:ChinaintheMayFourthPeriodResearchonSocialism
OnoKazuko:PoliticalHistoryoftheLateMingDynasty
ImaiKiyoshi:CompilationofBaishiCollectionVocabularyIndex
TanakaTan:TheStyleofChineseArchitecture,Technique,space
MoriTokihiko:Astudyofthehistoryoftheearlydemocraticrevolution
JijuJiangcun:AstudyofthebureaucracyinancientChina
KamiMiku:India,TibetanBuddhism
Futani:PoliticsandScholarshipinAncientChinaintheMiddleAges
SujiyamaMasaaki:MongolianEmpireandChineseSociety
YabuchiTakara:AStudyofLiteratureintheSixDynasties
MiyazakiNoriko:ResearchontheHistoryofPaintingintheFiveDynastiesofSongDynasty
Tanaka:LiteratureofNortheasternWriters
Publications
"OrientalJournal","HumanitiesNews"and"Zinbun"inWesternlanguages.Inaddition,theresearchresultsoftheresearchersarepublishedeveryyear.In1980,thepublicationsinclude"CategoryofOrientalDocuments1977","SecondVolumeofChineseCatalogueoftheInstituteofHumanitiesofKyotoUniversity"and"Volume1ofZutangCollectionIndex",etc.Wait.