The Fishery and Imperial Japan in Modern East Asia

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370833
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of Asia and Africa
• Research Institution: Kyoto University (2016-2017); Hiroshima University (2013-2015)
• Principal Investigator: OTA Izuru 京都大学, 人間・環境学研究科, 教授 (10314337)
• Research Collaborator: Lin Shu-may ; KAMINAGA Eisuke
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 漁業 / アジア / 中国 / 朝鮮 / 近代 / Sea Power

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Modern East Asia in the early twentieth century has entered an era of full-scale marine resource acquisition competition. In Japan, many fishermen chased skipjack tuna and tuna as a result of the promotion of the Law for Promotion of Fishery Ocean Fishery and fished overseas and started migrating overseas. In the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, which sensed the sense of crisis in this, the movement to emphasize the ocean was strengthened and various discussions were held on "Sea Power". In reality, however, many Japanese fishermen migrate to and fish from China's concession area Dalian, Lushun, Qingdao and other parts of the Korean Peninsula, and it caused a violent resource dispute between Japanese fishermen and fishermen of the Republic of China, Korea and Taiwan in Bohai, Yellow Sea and the East China Sea. Such fishery conflicts remain influential up to the present even after fishing people return home.

Free Research Field

東洋史学