日本苗学研究的历史与现状

History and Present Situation of the Studies on Miao Ethnic Group in Japan

日本自20世纪初叶日本学者鸟居龙藏对中国西南苗族地区展开人类学调查以来,在近一个世纪的时期内,日本的苗学研究极具特点,事实上被置于日本民族文化起源的框架内讨论而具有鲜明的"自我呈现"之色彩。本文在长期资料搜集基础上,并参照日本国会图书馆所藏文献,对日本的苗族/Hmong研究进行初步的梳理和分析,以解读日本苗学研究所呈现出的独特视角及苗学观。

In the early 20 thcentury,Japanese scholar Torii Ryuzo started to make anthropological studies on Miao ethnic group in Southwest China. In about 100 years,the studies of Miao ethnic group in Japan have been made within the framework of the cultural origin of the Japanese nation with distinctive features of self-presentation. Based on a long term data collection and research of the literature collected in Japanese National Diet Library,in this article,the writer summarizes and analyzes the research of Miao ethnic group in Japan which presents a unique perspective and the views of Japanese scholars about the study of Miao.