2025 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 16, 2025
Number of Applications
| Subtotal | Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | Overseas | ||
| Category A | 68 | 56 | 12 |
| Category B | 19 | 16 | 3 |
| Total | 87 | 72 | 15 |
2025 Selected Research Topics
| Category | Research Topic | Applicant Affiliated Institution |
Grant Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
A |
A Study on the Practices by Graphic Designers in “From Space to Environment” (1966) and “Mosaic” (1967) |
KOINUMA Haruhisa Kyoto Institute of Technology/ IGARASHI TAKENOBU Archive, Kanazawa Institute of Technology |
500,000JPY |
A |
The Intersection of Textile Design and Painting in Japan and the West, 1900s-1930s |
YOKOYAMA Yukiko The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo |
500,000JPY |
A |
Research on the film, Hikouki (Airplane) by Shomei Tomatsu |
ARAKI Tomoko Tokyo University of the Arts |
500,000JPY |
A |
Study on Okada Koyo’s Photographic Works of Scenic Locations in Hokkaido |
TANAKA Yumi Hokkaido Museum |
500,000JPY |
A |
Research on the lithographer Hookabe Kinshu |
KURATA Aiko Division of Arts Studies, Graduate School of Humanities, the University of Osaka |
500,000JPY |
A |
Graphic Characteristics of Modern Japanese Picture Books and Their Influence on Early Korean Picture Books: Focusing on the Fusion of Printing Technology and Culture from the Meiji Era to the Early Showa Period |
SAKABE Hitomi Hongik University |
500,000JPY |
A |
Arts, Crafts, and Natural History in the Modern Period in Japan: Research on the Patterns for Export Handicrafts Created by Yoshio TANAKA. |
ABE Daichi Saga Prefectural Library |
500,000JPY |
A |
Ben Shahn and George Nakashima: Research Study about Ben Shahn’s Prints in “George Nakashima Exhibition-Japan, 1968” |
HAMADA Yosuke Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art |
500,000JPY |
B |
Archiving and Analysis of Newspaper Novel Illustrations by Asakura Setsu |
KOJIMA Kaoru Jissen Women's University |
500,000JPY |
B |
Fashion Photography and Human Rights Awareness: Tracing Social Transformation through Visual Representation |
MURAKAMI Yuzu Akita University of Art |
400,000JPY |
B |
Building an Archive of Ken Domon's Former Collection and Publications |
TANAKA Kotaro Ken Domon Museum of Photography |
500,000JPY |
B |
Construction of a basic archive of all issues and pages of the magazine “Koukokukai (Advertising World)” (1926-1941) |
TAKEUCHI Yukie Doshisha University, Department of Media, Journalism and Communications, Faculty of Social Studies |
500,000JPY |
2025 Continuation Grants (2024 Selected Research Topics)
| Category | Research Topic | Applicant Affiliated Institution |
Grant Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
A |
A Study on “Artists’ Books” Created by Conceptual Artists in the 1960s to 1970s |
NAGASHIMA Satoko Daegu University |
400,000JPY |
A |
Representations of Resilience in Elizabeth Tomalin: Her Interdisciplinary activities from Graphic Design to Art Therapy Practice |
SUGA Yasuko Tsuda University |
500,000JPY |
A |
Goethe's colour education with graphic teaching material: A replication study of Beytraege zur Optik (1791) |
YAMANE-SAIHOJI Chiaki Keio University Global Research Institute |
500,000JPY |
A |
Visual and Textual Analysis of the Photobooks of 矢頭 保 [YATO Tamotsu], 1966-1972 |
MUNOZ JILES Gaston Juan Aliwen Graduate School of International Culture and Communication Studies Waseda University |
370,000JPY |
A |
The war, trauma, and prayer in Taeko Tomiyama’s Harbin: Requiem for the 21st Century (1995) |
SHIMIZU Sae Independent Curator |
500,000JPY |
B |
Study of historical documents on tactile characters for the blind before the existence of Japanese Braille: exploring optimal methods for digitalization and database creation |
IIZUKA Kiyo Ochanomizu University Library |
500,000JPY |

