Japonya’da Doğu Tarihi ve Orta Doğu-İslâm Araştırmaları Kapsamında Osmanlı Araştırmaları
Ottoman Studies in Japan within the context of Oriental and Middle Eastern-Islamic Research

Summary/Abstract: The research of Ottoman history started seriously in Japan after the Second World War; and like Middle Eastern-Islamic studies, it is currently conducted at the university departments of Oriental research under the heading disciplines of Oriental history and Middle Eastern-Islamic studies. The historical research on Middle East-Islam indeed began with the Sino-Japanese War of 1937, although the Oriental studies focusing on the history as well as philology of China and Korea date back earlier. Starting in the 1950s and 60s, particularly after World War II, Japanese scholars from the Middle Eastern-Islamic studies came to conduct research in Middle Eastern countries with the financial support of the Japanese state, which led to the increase in the number of scholarly works on Ottoman history and the diversification of research topics. The research of Ottoman history has a non-ignorable influence on the formation of “new” and a more comprehensive understanding of global history in Japan today. By giving details on recent works, this study thus examines the current contours of Ottoman studies in Japan within the developing concept of “new historical approach.”

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