F. T. Marinetti and the Futurist Construction of “Japan”

Final report (Library Research Grant) submitted to the The Getty Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, November 2015. During my period at the Getty Research Institute Library (1-30 October 2015), I focused my research on five different archival funds, which were related to my project proposal, and on the inspection of other Futurism-related materials. Here they are listed in order of priority: 1) Filippo Tommaso Marinetti correspondence and papers, 1886‒1974. (Accession no. 850702) 2) Papers of F. T. Marinetti and Benedetta Cappa Marinetti, 1902‒1965. (Accession no. 920092) 3) Filippo Tommaso Marinetti student notebooks and other papers, 1891‒1943. (Accession no. 890122) 4) Umberto Boccioni papers, 1899‒1986. (Accession no. 880380) 5) Luciano Folgore papers, 1890‒1966. (Accession no. 910141) 6) Other Futurism-related materials. My research was focused on: a) published and unpublished writings by Marinetti and other Futurist exponents, or owned by the same, that may contain references to Japan or to their interactions with Japanese people. b) items coming from Japan and/or produced by Japanese people and/or related to Japan that are part of the aforementioned funds.