Entre Tōyōgaku et Nan.Yōgaku : L'origine multiple des études vietnamiennes au Japon (1881-1951)

Abstract

In the early 1880's, the first productions of knowledge on Vietnam in Japan was created simultaneously, but in parallel, with Japanese Oriental Studies (Tōyōgaku). It was not until early 1930's that Vietnam became a topic of research in Japanese metropolitan universities. Before this period, the knowledge was mainly produced outside of universities, and was even, at its origin, a non-institutional production. In this article, we will explain how the production of knowledge grows and evolves in two distinct geographical concepts that are also the borders of two worlds in which Japanese knowledge on Asia is produced. We try to understand the structure process of a field of research taking into account the institutions, research methodologies and actors who have given to Vietnamese studies in Japan its specificities until the postwar area.