Study on connection and break off of the culture in the North-East China at the point of colonization

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K02650
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Chinese literature
• Research Institution: Japan Women's University
• Principal Investigator: HIRAISHI Yoshiko 日本女子大学, 文学部, 教授 (90307132)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 植民地化以前 / 文化の連続性 / 文化の断絶

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to know cultural activities in colony were either natural or forced to be distorted for the people living there, we studied the cultural activities in the Northeast-China before its colonization. Specifically, we took two methods. One was analysis and consideration of the literary works of people who were born and raised in the Northeast-China. The other was observation of the cultural activities of the Japanese people who were deeply involved in the colonization process of that area. Through such studies, it became clear that in the northeastern part of China in the late Qing Dynasty, there were more frequent cultural exchanges with mainland China than we imagined. It was also found that the views of Japanese to China in reality had changed dramatically after the two wars: Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese Wars.

Free Research Field

中国近現代文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

清末の中国東北地区における文化活動については、これまでほとんど問題にされず、むしろ文化的には不毛の地であるかのように捉えられてきた。清代に流刑地として使われ、多くの文化人が送り込まれていたことは分かっていたが、今回の研究を通じ、彼らが東北の文化活動に大きな影響を与えたこと、また彼らだけでなく、清末に当地に送り込まれた本土の役人たちによって、詩社などを通じた豊かな文化活動が行われ、当地出身の人々に大きな影響を与えたことも明らかになった。