日本植民地期のマスメディアにみる北白川宮像 |
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Peichen WU |
国立政治大学台湾文学研究所 |
呉佩珍 |
Correspondence
Peichen WU ,Email: peichen@nccu.edu.tw |
Published online: 30 June 2015. |
Copyright ©2015 The Global Institute for Japanese Studies, Korea University |
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ABSTRACT |
Prince Kitashirakawa, uncle of the Meiji Emperor, died during the
pacification of Taiwan in 1895, when Taiwan became the first colony
of Japan. Afterward, he became a spiritual icon for Japanese colonial
rulers in Taiwan. At first glance, it is unsurprising that the Prince’s
sacrifice for Japan’s new colony earned him recognition as a national
hero. However, biographies and related materials about the Prince of
Kitashirakawa, both in modern and colonial Taiwan, indicate that he
had been involved in political struggles between the Satsuma and
Choushu regimes and the late Tokugawa regime’s imperial court, and
had been supported by feudal lords in the northeast during the
Boshin War. Since the Meiji Restoration, accounts of the victors have
dominated the interpretation of Japanese history. As such, the true
account of the Prince’s defeat was disguised after the Meiji period
until the pre-war period. Through examining the materials of the
Prince in colonial Taiwan, the “defeated” episode of his saga was
found to be related to the High Treason Incident and the issue of the
legitimacy of Japan's emperor. The historical views of the Prince's
defeat in colonial Taiwan may indicate another perspective of Japan
and its imperial system in the post-war era. This paper will examine
the discourse on the Prince of Kitashirakawa in colonial Taiwan to
expose how colonial Taiwan, on the periphery of the Japanese Empire,
challenged the core of Japan through questioning the legitimacy of
Japan's emperor. |
Keywords:
Prince Kitashirakawa, Taiwan Shrine, The Taiwan Daily News, The High Treason Incident
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キ―ワ―ド:
北白川宮, 台湾神社, 台湾日日新報, 大逆事件 |
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