The Problem of Trafficking in Women in the Empire of Japan Seen by International Activists against Licensed Prostitution from a Perspective of East Asian History

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K01917
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Gender
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: HAYASHI Yoko 大阪大学, 文学研究科, 招へい研究員 (60613982)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): WANG Lan 佛教大学, 公私立大学の部局等, 非常勤講師 (10725659)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 人身売買 / 検黴 / 近代公娼制度 / 廃娼運動 / 娼妓 / 自由廃業運動 / 日清戦争 / 日露戦争

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, I researched the reality of trafficking in women in the Empire of Japan in the Sino-Japanese/Russo-Japanese wars era. I revealed the formation process of Japanese modern licensed prostitution system which was the biggest source of the problem of trafficking in women in Japan at that time. I also made it clear how international activist groups got involved in the discussion whether to maintain the licensed prostitution system in Japan, and how the international anti-prostitution movements changed Japanese society.
As the study results, I published a book titled “Sei o Kanri suru Teikoku: Kosho Seido-ka no “Eisei" Mondai to Haisho Undo (Management of Sexuality for Imperial Expansion: “Hygiene" Issues under the State-regulated Licensed Prostitution System and the Movements against It)", Osaka University Press, 2017, and I compiled a book titled “Open Japan Closed Japan: Towards Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Mobility", Osaka University Faculty of Literature, 2017.

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