Dreams relate profoundly to various cultural phenomena, and the aspects of this relationship are broad and diverse. The aim of this collaborative investigation entitled “Dreams and the Representation” is to analyze the phenomena of dreams in Japanese culture, and develop analytical methodology for transcultural and general research.The relationship between the terms “Dream” and “Representation” is direct and inevitable, but the terms may also correspond more loosely. For this reason, these two concepts are juxtaposed to orient the extent and direction of this interdisciplinary study.“Dream” is an important keyword in the study of cultural history. To study the themes inherent in this keyword from an interdisciplinary viewpoint, our project is therefore undertaken by a number of scholars with diverse specializations in fields such as, but not limited to, literature, history, art, religion, and time theory.Dreams are represented visually in many different cultural contexts, in various styles and media, and their representation changes according to social and historical situations. In particular, the pictorialization of dreams offers interesting possibilities. For example, the “speech balloon” (or bubble) is a popular device for depicting speech acts in picture books and manga, and a significant symbolic image in contemporary culture. Historically, however, speech balloons also seem to have a close relationship with the visualization of dreams.Spirituality and the externality of human thought has become a topic attracting much interest. Between 1999 and 2002, Araki, this project’s leader, organized a collaborative research project entitled “Internal Mind” and “External World”: Expression, Tradition, Belief and Myo-e’s Dream Diary. This project inherits some of the thematic issues raised then, such as the internality and externality of mind and the close connection it has with the representation of dreams. We plan to re-read Myo-e’s Dream Diary in tandem with members of other domestic and overseas study groups.Furthermore, our project proposes, or dreams, to build a database collection of the research on dreams to further develop the research environment. During this three-year project, relevant guest speakers will be invited, and collaboration with several external study groups are planned for the mutual exchange of similar research.

Research Representative	荒木　浩	国際日本文化研究センター・教授
Organizer	Markus RÜTTERMANN	国際日本文化研究センター・准教授
Team Researcher	安東　民兒	羽衣国際大学産業社会学部・教授
〃	池田　忍	千葉大学普遍教育センター・教授
〃	入口　敦志	国文学研究資料館・研究部・助教
〃	上野　勝之	京都大学総合人間学部・非常勤講師
〃	河東　仁	立教大学コミュニティ福祉学部コミュニティ政策学科・教授
〃	加藤　悦子	玉川大学芸術学部・教授
〃	高橋　文治	大阪大学大学院文学研究科・教授
〃	丹下　暖子	摂南大学・非常勤講師
〃	林　千宏	大谷大学・神戸女学院大学・非常勤講師
〃	平野　多恵	十文字学園女子大学短期大学部・准教授
〃	福島　恒徳	花園大学文学部・教授
〃	藤井　由紀子	清泉女子大学文学部・専任講師
〃	松薗　斉	愛知学院大学文学部歴史学科・教授
〃	松本　郁代	横浜市立大学国際総合科学部・准教授
〃	室城　秀之	白百合女子大学文学部国語国文学科・教授
〃	木村　朗子	国際日本文化研究センター・客員准教授 / 津田塾大学学芸学部・准教授
〃	倉本　一宏	国際日本文化研究センター・教授
〃	早川　聞多	国際日本文化研究センター・教授
〃	伊東　貴之	国際日本文化研究センター・教授
〃	郭南　燕	国際日本文化研究センター・准教授
〃	榎本　渉	国際日本文化研究センター・准教授
〃	楊暁　捷	国際日本文化研究センター（カルガリー大学教授）・外国人研究員
〃	箕浦　尚美	国際日本文化研究センター・プロジェクト研究員
〃	中川　真弓	日本学術振興会・特別研究員(PD)
Team Researcher Overseas	Jorg B. Quenzer	Universitaet Hamburg Asien- und Afrikastudien Japanologie ・Prof. Dr.
〃	李　育娟	国立台湾師範大学　国際華語與文化学系・助理教授
〃	Ive Covaci	Fairfield University (Fairfield, CT)・ASIANetwork-Luce Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow in Japan Studies