The ideas and activities of overseas Sinitic poetry in the Meiji Era: with a focus on Momiyama Ishu

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26870069
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Japanese literature; History of thought
• Research Institution: Yamagata University
• Principal Investigator: hsu shihchia 山形大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (10709158)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 籾山衣洲 / 漢詩文 / 植民地台湾 / 帝国協力 / 花鳥風月

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of the study is to analyze the conscious of literature writing of Momiyama Ishu (1855-1919), a Japanese composer of Sinitic poetry active in Colonial Taiwan and late Qing China, and to examine the interaction between his political ideals and romantic aesthetics. By reprinting and analyzing his unpublished diaries and manuscripts, one can piece together how he built up his personal poetry connections with the local Chinese community, which was otherwise unknown before. Furthermore, the saying "Be ambitious", which refers to the purpose of literature writing by Japanese composers of Sinitic poetry in the Meiji Era, is found to be connected to a propaganda slogan called:" Go abroad and seek writing materials". By analyzing Momiyama’s rhetoric of "Futility", the contradictory that exists is his expressions of ambition in literature writing and his the ironic styles in political criticism is revealed.

Free Research Field

思想史