2021 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 19, 2021
Number of Applications
| Subtotal | Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | Overseas | ||
| Category A | 49 | 47 | 2 |
| Category B | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| Total | 61 | 58 | 3 |
2021 Selected Research Topics
| Category | Research Topic | Applicant Affiliated Institution |
Grant Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
A |
Nihon Kobo's External Propaganda Magazine CANTON and the Sino-Japanese Propaganda War in Canton in 1939 |
CHEN Ying Kyoto Institute of Technology |
500,000 JPY |
A |
On the Reception of Photography During the Italian Futurism: Explaining the Experiment of "Fotodinamismo" |
TSUNODA kahlua Keio University |
500,000 JPY |
A |
Interactions and Boundaries between Prints and Graphic Design in Japan from the 1950s to the 1970s |
NAKAO Yui The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo |
400,000 JPY |
A |
Landscape theory: with a focus on Hara Masato's works and criticisms |
SASAKI Yusuke Faculty of Regional Sciences, Tottori University |
400,000 JPY |
A |
IGAMI Bonkotu's work in the prints "Print Shop Minatoya"—About the carving technique "sabibori" that capture brush touch of Meiji era paintings— |
CHO Ryota Kyoto Seika University |
420,000 JPY |
A |
Cipe Pineles's Editorial Design and Educational Activities: Difficulty and Overcome in the Life of A Female Designer in the 20th Century United States |
SAKURAI Kanoko Gifu University |
340,000 JPY |
A |
Graphics as a National Representation: Focusing on the Exhibition of Japanese Print Culture Held in Nazi-Era Berlin |
EGUCHI Minami University of Tsukuba |
500,000 JPY |
A |
Richard Hamilton's Inkjet Printed Digital Works: Questioning the Distinction between Paintings, Photographs, and Prints |
YOSHIMURA Noriko Miyagigakuin Women's University |
400,000 JPY |
A |
BIPOC Design Experience |
GRIFFITH Kio |
500,000JPY |
A |
Expressions of Louis Sullivan's Thought in Ornament |
KURATA Keiichi The University of Tokyo |
500,000 JPY |
B |
Archive of Kyohei Sakaguchi’s creation days |
IKEZAWA Mari Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto |
400,000 JPY |
B |
The Archiving of Wakae Kanji's Photographic Documentation of Joseph Beuys |
SANBONMATSU Tomoyo The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama |
500,000 JPY |
B |
Research on the archiving and digital archiving of MatsuzawaYutaka's works and materials and making them available on the web |
KINOUCHI Mayumi Nagano Prefectural Art Museum |
500,000 JPY |
B |
Practical research on archiving and utilization of "Dyeing pattern paper" as a local resource—Target at Iwadeyama (Osaki City) and along Hago Kaido— |
HIRAOKA Yoshihiro School of Project Design, Department of Value Creating Design, Miyagi University |
500,000 JPY |
2021 Continuation Grants (2020 Selected Research Topics)
| Category | Research Topic | Applicant Affiliated Institution |
Grant Amount 2020 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 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 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 400,000 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 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 500,000 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 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 400,000 JPY |