2020 DNP Foundation for Cultural Promotion Research Grants for Academic Studies Relating to Graphic Design and Graphic Art: Selected Research Topics
Application Overview
Application Period: April 1 through June 17, 2020
Number of Applications
| Subtotal | Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | Overseas | ||
| Category A | 39 | 37 | 2 |
| Category B | 13 | 11 | 2 |
| Total | 52 | 48 | 4 |
2020 Selected Research Topics
| Category | Research Topic | Applicant Affiliated Institution |
Grant Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
A |
The Functions of the Engravings brought to Japan by Christian Missionaries in the 16th Century |
NINAGAWA Junko Visiting Researcher, The Institute of Oriental and Occidental Studies, Kansai University |
400,000 JPY |
A |
A study on the universalization of art through mechanical reproduction in post-war France: from the point of view of Fautrierr's "Les Originaux Multilples". |
KIMIZU Chisato Assistant Professor, Waseda University |
500,000 JPY |
A |
A study on the interpretation of the reverse perspective method of Chaekgeori painting and the development of design based on its formative research |
IM Donghwan Graduate Student Doctor's Cours, Graduate School of Design, Kyushu University |
400,000 JPY |
A |
Minority culture cross-border and its graphic design resource recycling process: The Tompa Hieroglyph of Naxi group of China in Japan |
GAO Qian Professor, Yunnan Arts University, China |
500,000 JPY |
A |
Iconography on Private Company Wall Charts for Schools in Modern Japan |
MAKINO Yuri Associate Professor, School of Health and Social Services, Saitama Prefectural University |
500,000 JPY |
A |
Basic study in the History of Okinawan Photography |
NAKAMINE Erina Part-time lecturer, Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts |
500,000 JPY |
A |
Re-examination of “Graph Film” as Interwar Japan’s Graphic Culture: Internationally Situating Small-gauge Film Programs led by Yokohama Cinema, Konishiroku, and Banno Shoten |
OGAWA Shota Associate Professor, Nagoya University |
500,000 JPY |
A |
Masaru Katzmie’s Role for Japanese Design after World War II |
USUI Mao Associate Curator, Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design |
500,000 JPY |
A |
Representations of Life and Graphics in Japanese Department Stores: Focusing on the Foreign Product Exhibitions of Nihonbashi Takashimaya in Tokyo, 1954-65 |
KIKUCHI Tatsuya Doctoral Program, Tohoku University |
250,000 JPY |
A |
Japanese Botanical Art Research in Makino Bunko Collection - Comparison of Drawing Features between Botanical arts in the Edo Period and Tomitaro MAKINO's Botanical Scientific Illustration- |
OTOMO Kuniko Assistant Professor, University of Tsukuba |
400,000 JPY |
B |
A Study on the List of Hiragana and Katakana Characters in Metal Typefaces. |
ISHIZAKI Yasuko Senior Curator, Yokohama History Museum |
400,000 JPY |
B |
The Hiroshima Panels: Research on the graphic culture / history of acceptance |
OKAMURA Yukinori Curator, Maruki Gallery For The Hiroshima Panels |
400,000 JPY |
2020 Continuation Grants (2019 Selected Research Topics)
| Category | Research Topic | Applicant Affiliated Institution |
Grant Amount 2018 Grant Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
A |
Large-scale questionnaire survey for the creation and utilization of effective medical illustrations in providing cancer information to citizens |
HARAGI Makiko Associate Professor, School of Health and Social Services, Department of Health Sciences, Saitama Prefectural University |
500,000 JPY 500,000 JPY |
A |
A study of the social position of illustrators and the arbitrary illustration discourse of the 1980s |
TSUKADA Yutaka Research Associate, Department of Painting (Oil Painting), Tama Art University |
400,000 JPY 350,000 JPY |
A |
Graphic Culture in Urban Space: Research on Linguistic Landscapes in Scene Districts |
IKEDA Mariko Assistant Professor, Faculty of Art and Design, University of Tsukuba |
380,000 JPY 500,000 JPY |
A |
Research on the Works of Kamei Brothers (Shiichi/Takejiro) for the Advanced Studies of the Lithography in Modern Japan |
NAKAYAMA Eri Curator, Koriyama City Museum of Art |
200,000 JPY 500,000 JPY |
A |
Paper Gallery: Japan-U.S. Exchanges through Publication-Based Art |
HIRO, Rika Assistant Professor, Occidental College |
380,000 JPY 500,000 JPY |
A |
Study related to Sugiura Hisui's Wartime Evacuation in Kawagoe |
ORII Takae Group Manager, Kawagoe City Art Museum |
390,000 JPY 500,000 JPY |
A |
Study on the Understanding of Duplication in the Practice of Calotype and Ambrotype in the Dawn of Japanese Photography |
ANDO Chihoko Doctoral Student, Kyoto Institute of Technology |
500,000 JPY 500,000 JPY |
A |
An economic historical study of script reform movements in early twentieth-century Japan and Germany |
KAWASHIMA Toshiki Ph.D. candidate, University of Pennsylvania |
500,000 JPY 500,000 JPY |
A |
Graphic designer and society in Italy after the Second World War: a study on Albe Steiner |
OHTA Taketo Part-time Lecturer, Chiba University |
500,000 JPY 500,000 JPY |
B |
Designing Policies and Guidelines to Enable Photographs in Private Archives to be Used by the Public: A Case Study of Photographers who Took Pictures of Women and Children |
AKUTSU Miki Assistant Professor, Department of Childhood Education and Welfare, Mejiro University |
500,000 JPY 500,000 JPY |
B |
Copyright process and procedures of the poster images open to the public in AWAZU Kiyoshi Archive. |
ISHIGURO Reiko Archivist, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa |
500,000 JPY 500,000 JPY |