| The Politics of Junrei no Tabi:Shimazaki Tōson and the Formation of a Zone of Political Contact in South America |
| 島崎藤村の南米訪問とその語り |
| Erina OKA |
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｢巡礼の旅｣のポリティクス |
| 岡英里奈 |
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Published online: 30 June 2016. |
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Copyright ©2016 The Global Institute for Japanese Studies, Korea University |
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| ABSTRACT |
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This paper considers the politics of Shimazaki Tōson’s Junrei no
Tabi in 1936. In September 1936, Tōson visited South America to
attend the PEN International congress in Buenos Aires and to observe
and encourage Japanese immigrants as a representative of the
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His trip had an official and
political nature as part of Kokumin Gaikou (national diplomacy), that
aimed for advancement in the international status of Japanese
government and Japanese immigrants. But there were some complex
problems in the Japanese immigrant community――about Kimin-ron
and Japanese-language education―― and Tōson became confused
about the problems. Regarding the problem of Japanese-language
education, he exhibited nationalism based on his study of Kokugaku,
a school of Japanese philology and philosophy, and deviated from his
position. During his trip, Tōson experienced impatience and
inconvenience. For that reason, in Junrei he wrote about himself as a
traveler and concealed his official and political mission. In this paper, I
analyze Junrei as an escape from his responsibilities. |
Keywords:
Shimazaki Tōson, Junrei, Japanese immigrants to South America, Kimin-ron, Japanese-language education
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| キ―ワ―ド:
島崎藤村, 巡礼, 南米移民, 棄民論, 日本語教育 |
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