The Representation of War in Tamsui Gakuen during the Second Sino-Japanese War：A Comparison of Poetry Anthologies on the Second Sino-Japanese War in Japan and Taiwan

NOMA, Hayate

doi:2025.20.1.15

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Border Crossings: The Journal of Japanese-Language Literature Studies 2025;20(1): 15-28.
doi: https://doi.org/10.22628/bcjjl.2025.20.1.15

The Representation of War in Tamsui Gakuen during the Second Sino-Japanese War：A Comparison of Poetry Anthologies on the Second Sino-Japanese War in Japan and Taiwan

Hayate NOMA

PhD student, Graduate School of Letters, Ryukoku University

日中戦争期の淡水学園における<戦争> ―― 内･外地の支那事変歌集を比較して

野間颯

龍谷大学大学院博士後期課程

Correspondence Hayate NOMA ,Email: l23d014@mail.ryukoku.ac.jp

Published online: 30 June 2025.

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ABSTRACT

This paper focuses on the expressive content of Zoku Sinajihenkasyu” [“Sequel：Poetry Anthology on the Second Sino-Japanese War”], published in Tamsui Gakuen during the second Sino-Japanese War. By comparing this text with several other such Sinajihenkasyu or poetry anthologies published in Japan during that war, this study will clarify the peculiarities of the mode of expression of Zoku Sinajihenkasy. It will also demonstrate that its distinctiveness stems from the geographical peculiarity and historical background of Taiwan, and show that Zoku Sinajihenkasyu is a text that nullifies the boundary between the battlefield and the homefront, which was manifested in several Sinajihenkasyu published in Japan during the second Sino-Japanese War. Finally, based on the above, the paper will show that the Taiwanese education in tanka was closely connected to the educational curriculum on imperialism in terms of the forms of textual expression employed.

Keywords: Saito Isamu, Tanka, Second Sino-Japanese War, Tamsui[Danshuei], Defense of the Home Front

キ―ワ―ド: 斎藤勇, 短歌, 日中戦争, 淡水, 銃後