著者

南 明日香

出版者

相模女子大学

雑誌

相模女子大学紀要. A, 人文系 (ISSN:18835341)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.77, pp.15-35, 2013

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研究論文(Thesisses)This paper surveys Hugo Munsterberg's life(1916-1995)and his research on the background and characteristics of Chinese and Japanese art. Munsterberg's father, Oskar Münsterberg, was a famous collector and historian of Chinese and Japanese arts active at beginning of the 20th century. From childhood Hugo was familiar with precious works that Oskar had collected in Asian countries. After immigrating to America in 1935, Hugo obtained a Ph.D in ancient Chinese arts at Harvard University. In the 1930s, research on Chinese and Japanese art made great progress in the United States being encouraged as a means of foreign policy. Munsterberg also taught at International Christian University(ICU)in Japan from 1952 to 1956, becoming a friend of antiquarians like YANAGI Muneyoshi and YUASA Hachiro. Thanks to these scholars, Munsterberg was able to publish many beautiful books on the arts of Japan, including Mingei(Japanese Arts and Crafts Movement)works. We will reveal what kind of research was being carried out in the field of the arts of the Far East around the mid-20th century and examine Munsterberg's 26 books about Japanese and Chinese arts based on the writing list. Among his books, we will analyze in detail The Arts of Japan an illustrated history and The Folk Arts of Japan which represent Munsterberg's convictions as art historian.