著者

ファン ハイ・リン

出版者

関西大学大学院東アジア文化研究科

雑誌

東アジア文化交渉研究 = Journal of East Asian cultural interaction studies (ISSN:18827748)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.7, pp.413-422, 2014-03-31

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Elephants live in close proximity to humans in Vietnam and are a familiar sight.They have been portrayed in many artworks and in historical documents but have not yet been the subject of scholarly study. Recently, elephant faces extinction crisis in deforestation due to modernization. It can be said the fact that the elephant, which was the pride of Vietnamese nation, is no longer survive, has warned us the disharmony between human and nature,and the loss of traditional values in the globalization. In 2010,in the paper entitled "Elephants image through Vietnamese historical materials and the event of Vietnamese elephants coming to Japan in 1728" the author has sketched out an overall picture of elephants in Vietnam, the context and reason why Vietnamese elephants was taken to Japan in 1728.This paper focuses on the trade of elephants from the center of Vietnam to Japan in 16-18 centuries, especially the process of request, buying and the role of Vietnamese elephants in Japan.