2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The International Movement against Trafficking in Women and the Modern Japanese Prostitution Regulatory Policy

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Project/Area Number	18K11898
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 80030:Gender studies-related
Research Institution	Doshisha University (2019-2021) Osaka University (2018)
Principal Investigator	Hayashi Yoko 同志社大学, 人文科学研究所, 助教 (60613982)
Project Period (FY)	2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Keywords	性管理政策 / 自由廃業 / 公娼制度 / 廃娼 / モーリス・グレゴリー / ユリシーズ・グラント・マーフィー / ストライキ節 / 売春防止法
Outline of Final Research Achievements	Regarding the ideologically influential relationship between the international movement against trafficking in women and the modern Japanese movement against licensed prostitution, I have uncovered primary historical documents and analyzed their contents, particularly regarding the activities of Maurice Gregory, U. G. Murphy, and the Salvation Army, which were highly influential on Japanese prostitution regulatory policy , and presented my findings at an international conference and in papers. In addition, the research focused on the songbooks of Strike-bushi, and revealed in the paper that women in the licensed brothels were involved in the free cessation movement through the use of those songs. For the purpose of international comparison, I planned joint research with researchers specializing in Germany, Eastern Europe, and the U.S., and I hosted open lectures and published the contents as a booklet entitled “The Modern History of ‘Sexual Management': Japan, Europe, and America".
Free Research Field	近現代日本政治思想史、ジェンダー論
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	近代日本の公娼制度とその存廃をめぐる廃娼論争を、国際的な人身売買禁止運動の歴史の中に位置づけ、特に欧米の運動と日本とを結んだ重要な人物や諸団体について史料を発掘・分析することによって、両者の思想的影響関係について明らかにすることができた。また、その社会運動への娼妓や芸妓らの関与についても、一次史料を用いて具体的に明らかにした。さらに、近代日本の買売春政策を〈性の管理〉の政策の一環と位置づけ、国際比較の共同研究を実施することによって、近代の統治権力による生政治の実態について捉え直すための新たな視座を示すことができた。