Reviews in both Japan and the United States for 1995-1996 awards are complete, and
The Japan Foundation is pleased to announce that approximately $3.8 million has been
awarded to 36 individuals and 321 institutions in the United States. Awards are made
on the bases of scholarly and professional quality, the project's contribution to a better
understanding of Japanese culture, arts, language and society and to the promotion of
Japanese cultural relations between Japan and the world.
Research Fellowships
Research Fellowships allow scholars, researchers and professionals in the humanities
and social sciences to conduct research in Japan for periods ranging from two months
to a year. Fifteen such fellowships totaling $594,194 have been awarded to:
Addiss, Stephen University of Richmond,
"Confluence and Diffluence in the Literati Painting of Early Modern Japan"
Brock, Karen Washington University,
"Mountain Temple First Illumined by the Sun: Myoe's Kozanji"
Campbell, David University of Essex,
"The Wealth and Income Distributions of Saving in Japan"
Cornyetz, Nina Rutgers University,
"The Enchantress in Modern Japanese Literature"
Donovan, Maureen Ohio State University,
"Strategic Approaches to Japanese Information Using World-Wide Web"
Gao, Bai Duke University,
"Antitrust Policy and Business Organization in Postwar Japan"
Hoover, William University of Toledo,
"Kiyoshi Karl Kawakami: Bridge Between Japan and the U.S."
Kasza, Gregory Indiana University,
"Japan in Comparative Politics"
Koschmann, J. Victor Cornell University,
"The New Economic Ethic and Mobilization in Wartime Japan"
Lewis, Michael Michigan State University,
"Local Construction of the National Polity: Crafting Political Culture in Toyama,
1868-1945"
Linger, Daniel University of California-Santa Cruz,
"Identity-Making by Japanese-Brazilians Resident in Japan"
Piggott, Joan Cornell University,
"The Heian Metropolis in the Age of Shinsarugakuki"
Prindle, Tamae Colby College,
"Women in Japanese Cinema: Identity Politics"
Wada, Yoshiko Iwamoto University of California-Berkeley,
"Meisen Textile Production and Women Consumers in the First Half of the Twentieth
Century"
Wigen, Karen University of Wisconsin-Madison,
"Constructing Shinano: The Invention of a 'Traditional' Japanese Religion"
Doctoral Fellowships
Doctoral Fellowships give doctoral candidates in the humanities, arts and social
sciences the opportunity to conduct research in Japan for periods ranging from 4 to 14
months. Fifteen Doctoral Fellowships totaling $705,798 were awarded to:
Bolton, Christopher Stanford University,
"The Rhetoric of Science in the Work of Abe Kobo"
Brown, Jonathan Princeton University,
"The Jishu in Medieval Japanese Society"
Hill, Christopher Columbia University,
"Time as Ideology: The Invention of the 'Modern' Nation"
Jenike, Brenda Robb University of California-Los Angeles,
"Home Care for the Elderly in Japan: A System of Gender and Duty"
Kawano, Satsuki University of Pittsburgh,
"Gender, Family and Power: A Cultural Analysis of Japanese Religiosity"
Marran, Christine University of Washington,
"The Allure of the 'Poison Woman': The Construction of Female Deviancy in Japanese
Narrative (1870s-1970s)"
McCormick, Melissa Princeton University,
"The Role of Women in the Japanese Labor Market"
Metzler, Mark University of California-Berkeley,
"Deflation, Depression, and Recovery in Twentieth Century Japan"
Pekkanen, Robert Harvard University,
"Engineering Social Capital: An Inquiry into the Sources of Institutional Performance"
Selden, Lili University of Michigan,
"The Function of Poetry and Poetic Allusion in the Tale of Genji"
Silver, Mark Yale University,
"Popular Japanese Literature of Crime and Detection, 1868-1941"
Suzuki, Nobue University of Hawaii-Manoa,
"Wives from Asia: Gender, Person and Community in Filipina- Japanese Marriages in
Urban Japan"
Tate, John University of California-Berkeley,
"Politics of Production Innovation in the Japanese Auto Industry"
Thal, Sarah Columbia University,
"Rearranging the Landscape of the Gods: A History of the Kompira Pilgrimage in
Meiji Japan"
Zheng, Guohe Ohio State University,
"A Study of Kajin no Kigu: A Meiji Political Novel"
Visiting Professorship Grants
Visiting Professorship Grants assist American academic institutions wishing to invite
guest scholars or artists-in- residence from Japan to teach at these institutions. The
grant covers round trip airfare and up to 75% of the visitor's salary. A total of $181,629
went to four universities for visiting professorships in a variety of fields:
University of California-Los Angeles,
Prof. Shibatani Masayoshi, Linguistics
Cornell University,
Prof. Kamei Hideo, Literature
Indiana University,
Prof. Takahashi Toru, Literature
Wesleyan University,
Shinohara Keiji, Printmaking
Staff Expansion Grants
Staff Expansion Grants extend financial assistance over a 3-year period for the creation
of new teaching positions in Japan-related areas at American academic institutions. The
awards cover up to 2/3 of the appointee's salary and fringe benefits. Awards total
$127,495 for the first year period (1995-96). The following universities received staff
expansion awards:
Emory University,
Japanese Language & Literature
Illinois Wesleyan University,
Japanese History
Portland State University,
Japanese History
University of Puget Sound,
Japanese Language & Literature
Research/Conference/Seminar Grants
Research/Conference/Seminar Grants provide limited support to research and academic
institutions for Japan-related research, conferences and seminars conducted in the
United States that are the result of collaborative efforts rather than the work of a single
individual. Grants were awarded to six American institutions for research, three for
conferences, and one seminar totaling $299,946:
Research
Collaborative academic research projects and conferences by scholars and academic
researchers. Grant awards are for up to $40,000 per project over a period of 24 months
or less.
Amherst College
The Constitution of Japan: A Documentary History in English
East West Center
The Politics of Remembering the Asia/Pacific War
Indiana University
Sexuality and Urban Culture of Edo, 1750-1850
City University of New York
New York, Tokyo, London and Paris as Key Nodes in the Global System
Ohio State University
Language in Culture Conference and Festschrift Production
University of Washington
Pacific Northwest Symposium on the Heisei Transformation of Japan
Conferences
Conferences and seminars for Japanese studies professionals, including librarians, to
enhance their professional expertise, share information and/or discuss methodology.
These awards range from $15,000 to $20,000 over a period of one year or less.
American Council of Learned Societies
Regional Seminars on Japan
Association of Teachers of Japanese
Washington Conference on Teaching and Learning Japanese
Middlebury College
Advanced Research and Japanese Language Studies
Seminars
Outreach programs on Japan-related topics designed to inform broader audiences.
Grants of $10,000-$15,000 are for one year or less.
Worcester Art Museum
The Women of the Pleasure Quarter
Library Support Programs
Library Support Programs promote research on and understanding of Japan through
donations of Japan-related books and other materials to American research and
educational institutions above the high school level.
Twenty institutions received a total of $244,898 in Library Support. Thirteen
institutions whose Japan-studies programs are in the early stages of development
received grants for Japan-related books in English. Applicants are given a list of
selected titles in English from which they may select books in up to three of the ten
designated fields (Category A1) or request individual titles from the list (Category A2)
up to a value of ¥1,000,000. Of those institutions receiving support, three were in
Category A1 and ten in Category A2.
Category A1
Florida International University
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Rowan College of New Jersey
Category A2
Clackamas Community College
College of Charleston
Eckerd College
George Washington University
Kapiolani Community College
Macalester College
New Mexico State University
New York University
Northern Kentucky University
Pacific University
Institutions with established Japanese-language collections compile their own lists of
Japanese-language titles up to a value of ¥2,000,000 in Category B1 (specific project)
and B2 (reference materials). Support for Categories B1 and B2 can be in the form of
donations of books and materials or monetary grants. Seven institutions received grants
in this category, four were in Category B1 and three in Category B2:
Category B1
University of California-Los Angeles
University of California-San Diego
Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Category B2
University of California-Riverside
University of Florida
State University of New York-Buffalo
Study-in-Japan Grant Program
The Study-in-Japan Grant Program provides limited support to colleges and
universities for four or more teachers, students, or librarians dealing with Japan-related
collections, for intensive Japanese-language or Japanese studies training. Support is
given on a cost-sharing basis with the Japan Foundation contribution not exceeding
$15,000. Seven American institutions received grants totaling $103,558:
University of Arkansas
University of California-Davis
Colgate University
Morgan State University
University of Texas at Arlington
Wake Forest University
University of West Florida
Publication Assistance
Publication Assistance provides publishers with subsidies to help cover one-quarter to
one-half of the production costs of high quality, Japan-related books in the humanities,
social sciences and the arts in languages other than Japanese. Five grants totaled
$33,597:
Columbia University Press for
Screening Japaneseness: Monumental Style, National Identity, Japanese Film
Cornell University Press for
Ikki: Social Conflict and Political Protest in Early Modern Japan
Georgetown University Press for
Playing by the Rules: American Trade, Power and Diplomacy in the Pacific
University of Hawaii Press for
Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image
New Directions Publishing for
Toddler-Hunting and Other Stories
Translation Assistance
Translation Assistance helps publishers defray from 40% to 80% of the translation fees
encountered in making Japanese classics and other Japan related works available in
another language. In 1995-96 one grant of $600 was awarded:
New Directions Publishing for
Toddler-Hunting and Other Stories