A Preliminary Study of Interactions between Japanese and Chinese Cartoonists in the Wartime Shanghai and the Surrounding Areas under Japanese Rule

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K02427
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: Higashiosaka College
• Principal Investigator: Zhao Mengyun 東大阪大学, 公私立大学の部局等, 教授 (80390152)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 可東みの助 / 漫画 / 上海 / 「大陸新報」 / 「改造日報」 / 在留日本人 / 引揚げ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This is a study of wartime Shanghai with a focus on the Japanese cartoonist Minosuke Kato. It attempts to reach two goals: to explore the communicative status between Japanese and Chinese cartoonists in wartime Shanghai and to investigate the Japanese community in Shanghai during that period. The research results will be as follows: 1) Investigate, collect, and catalog the cartoons and other works produced by Minosuke Kato; 2) publish research papers on Minosuke Kato and his works, including papers in the areas related to this topic and those in the areas to be developed in the future; and 3) publish the book Shanghai in Emergency Time as the comprehensive accomplishment of this study.

Free Research Field

日本近代文学　日中関係

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は漫画家可東みの助が戦時上海における活動の確認と基礎資料の構築をはじめ、文化・文芸とその周辺領域の複合研究も意識し、戦時中、日中漫画家の接触と摩擦、日本占領下の上海における日本人の文化・文芸空間に関する実態の解明を試みたものである。それは近年注目されている外地文化・文芸研究の空白を埋め、更に植民地文化研究全体の進展に寄与することにもなる。