A.Wars of the 20th Century – Part I

Type of Research	Basic Research
Project Title	General Study of the 20th Century
Supervising Head of the Research Team	YASUDA Tsuneo
Research Title	A.Wars of the 20th Century – Part I
Head of the Research Team	YASUDA Tsuneo
Research Period	2004–2006
Research Team	ARAKAWA shoji (Shizuoka University) IMAIZUMI Yumiko (Hosei University) IWATA Shighenori (Tokyo Gakugei University) OHOKA Satoshi (Nihon University) OHGUSHI Junji (Shinshu University) TAKESHIMA Yoshinari (Kyoto University of Education) NAGASHIMA Hiroki (Saga University) NAKANO Satoshi (Hitotsubashi University) HARADA Keiichi (Bukkyo University) HASHIMOTO Akira FUKUTA　Ajio (Kanagawa University) MASAOKA Nobuhiro (Tohoku Gakuin University) MORIMOTO Kazuhiko (Kyoto Bunkyo High School) KOUHARA Hideo (Former Tatebe Town Board of Education) ICHINOSE Toshiya TSUNEMITSU Toru HIGUCHI Takehiko HARAYAMA Kosuke
Purpose	We will approach to this subject, from three view points of view: societal, symbolic and foreign (Asia and the South Pacific) in order to clarify the the characteristics of war in the 20th Century. We will determine what topics to focus on, based on the recognition of problems and trends in recent research on the modern and contemporary history of Japan, and based on the accumulation of cooperative research on modern and contemporary history done by the museum,. And we will center on the concentrated research done by a small number of expert researchers, focusing on possible practical results. At the same time, in order to make good use the special nature of universities, which allows for cooperative use, we will prioritize working on the overall arrangement and analysis of the historical materials stored in NMJH relating to the War especially, in the period of the "The 15 Year War". Finally, we want to connect these results in some form to the exhibition in the 6th room of the National Museum of Japanese History.

2006

Progress

Workshop

Based on the yearly plan above, we condcuted the following workshops.

First Workshop Schedule: July 1, 2006 Venue: National Museum of Japanese History
OGUSHI Junji OHOKA Satoshi
Second Workshop Schedule: August 31, 2006 Venue: National Museum of Japanese History
Discussion about the special exhibition project:"The Sakura Regiments and the Age of War" Key report by Kazushige Yamamoto "Comments on ‘The Sakura Regiments and the Age of War’ – centering on the explanations of exhibitions and charts–"
Third Workshop (Tokyo research meeting) Schedule: December 2, 2006 Venue: Japan Publishers Club "Sakura no Ma" Conference Room
Theme: "The Local Community and War – Problems and Perspectives of Research in War History–" TAKAOKA Yuji (Kansaigakuin University) Commentator: OGUSHI Junji KAWANISHI Hidemichi (Jyoetsu University of Education) Commentator: YAMAMOTO Kazushige YOSHIHAMA Shinobu (Okinawa International University) Commentator: YAKAMI Osamu
Fourth Workshop (Asahikawa Workshop) Schedule: February 17, 2007
Venue: The Small Conference Room C of the Asahikawa Worker's Welfare Hall, Tokiwa City Hall, Asahikawa City HIRANO Tomohiko (Asahikawa Technical College) YAMAMOTO Kazushige (Tokai University) TANIMOTO Akihisa (Iwamizawa School of Hokkaido University of Education) Commentator: TAKAOKA Hiroyuki (Kansagakuin University)

2005

Progress

First Workshop Schedule: August 12, 2005 Venue: National Museum of Japanese History
TAKAMURA Ryuhei (Invited) NAGASHIMA Hiroki
Second Workshop Schedule: November 4, 2005 Venue: Holiday Village Ookunoshima Island
TAKESHIMA Yoshinari
Third Workshop Schedule: February 3 and 4, 2006 Venue: Naha City, Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture
YAKABI Osamu HIGA Toyomitsu ONOZAWA Akane Attendees of the discussion:HIGA Toyomitsu (Photographer, the representative of "A group of recording the Ryukyu fox", KOSHIISHI Matashi (of Nago Higher Education Preparatory School), NAKAZATO Isao (Journalist, Photographer), ONOZAWA Akane (Ryukyu University), TORIYAMA Atsushi (Okinawa University), IZUMIKAWA Yoshihiko (Editing room of History of Yomitanson)
Fourth Workshop Schedule: February 26, 2006 Venue: National Museum of Japanese History
IMAIZUMI Yumiko YASUDA Tsuneo

Result

"Wars in the 20th Century (I)" has entered into its second year. We have tried continually to achieve a consensus, trying to deepen the discussions by setting more specific topics. We have also tried to share the targets and problems of research through doing field research. In the research in Hiroshima, we travelled to investigate military ruins and military cemeteries. In the meeting at Okinawa in February, through exchange with the researchers and journalists, etc. working on recording the war experiences in local area, we had deep fruitful discussions regarding life histories in words, images, and records, etc. We also started the work of digitizing the pictures of Saipan under the occupation of Japan, kept by the citizens of Sakura city.

2004

Progress

First Workshop Schedule: August 31, 2004 Venue: National Museum of Japanese History
Explanation of research policies, plans and shared topics with the cooperative researchers
Second Workshop Schedule: January 8, 2005 Venue: National Museum of Japanese History
MNABE Masayoshi, "Crossover of Expectations for the Voices of Roukyoku artists: 1930–1940 – the Life History of an Artist from an Insider’s Viewpoint" ICHINOSE Toshiya
Third Workshop Schedule: February 27, 2005 Venue: National Museum of Japanese History
YAMAMOTO Kazushige HARAYAMA Kousuke

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