Hiranuma Kiichiro in modern Japanese political history

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26770232
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Japanese history
• Research Institution: Fukui National College of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Teshima Yasunobu 福井工業高等専門学校, 一般科目(人文系), 講師 (20707517)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 平沼騏一郎 / 日本政治史 / 重臣 / 右翼

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project clarifies following three Hiranuma Kiichiro’s political features gathering his behavior by wholly investigations of various materials and analyzing them.
First, in order to overcome a divided structure of governance, Hiranuma did not strengthen the power of any organization, but rather concentrated on strengthening personal authority importance during all the career as a politician. Second, the reason why Hiranuma had been a heavyweight politician was his political awareness shared in some degree with other politicians. Third, the reason why Hiranuma has been considered as a nationalistic schemer despite he shared his awareness in Modern Japan was his characteristic that he tried to explain all measures assuming multiple situations.

Free Research Field

日本近現代史