漫畫作為日本的大眾文化產業,自二戰後蓬勃發展,而日本現今漫畫相關設施約80多所,在漫畫展示發展也行之有年,本文希望透過日本京都國際漫畫博物館與其特展,分析博物館如何進行蒐藏及研究規劃來呈現漫畫的詮釋與展示。 面對漫畫作為展品,博物館研究員需具備解讀漫畫背後的符號意義的能力,分析漫畫在圖文畫面裡的美學表現,進一步學習處理漫畫作為文本資料其背後承載的社會文化意義。本論文從漫畫研究與漫畫展示研究兩面向作為探討基礎,漫畫研究是如何應用在展示規劃中,漫畫本身的重要特色如何在博物館展示中被再現。而漫畫展示至今又發展出何種面貌,在京都國際漫畫博物館的常設展與特展是如何詮釋不同主題的漫畫作品,不僅將漫畫視作當代社會文化的歷史物件,也從不同角度的漫畫研究中啟發展示創意。 在策展過程中,博物館與漫畫家、漫畫研究者、漫畫迷及其他單位間的溝通討論,提供漫畫展示出不同的觀點與主題,從選擇符合展示主題的作品,進而規劃出一般民眾與漫畫迷都喜愛且接納的展示。本研究希望藉由京都國際漫畫博物館的經驗中,挖掘出有助於未來博物館面對漫畫作為展示對象時有更多詮釋角度,發展出更加細緻與多元的漫畫展覽。
The manga industry, which is the heart of Japanese popular culture, has flourished since the Second World War. In Japan, there are now approximately 80 manga-related facilities, and much progress has been made in the exhibition of manga. This paper aims to analyse how museums acquire their collections and develop programmes to interpret and exhibit manga through the study of Kyoto International Manga Museum and its special exhibition. When considering manga as an object of exhibition, museum curators need to be equipped with the skills to interpret the symbolic meaning behind the manga, to analyse the aesthetics of the images, and to process the social and cultural meaning behind the text. This paper uses studies of manga and manga exhibitions as a basis to analyse how results of manga studies are used in the planning of exhibitions, and how important features of manga are presented in such exhibitions. This paper also looks at the different aspects of manga exhibition developments by studying the ways which Kyoto International Manga Museum’s permanent and special exhibitions interpret manga of different themes, present manga as contemporary social and cultural artefacts, and instigate exhibition topics from various angles of manga exhibition studies. In the planning of exhibitions, themes are formed through discussions among museums, mangakas, researchers, fans and other parties. Artefacts suitable for the theme are then selected, and an exhibition fit for the general public and manga fans is planned out. This paper hopes to discover new angles of interpretation that would aid museums in developing more diverse and refined manga exhibitions in the future.