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The Movement to Adopt the Colloquial Writing Style (Genbun itchi) and Women's Rights in Meiji-period Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26360045
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Gender
Research InstitutionNagoya Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Essertier Joseph  名古屋工業大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (70589283)

Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords言文一致 / 女性の権利 / 民主主義 / 清水紫琴 / 齋藤秀一 / 言文一致運動 / ローマ字運動 / エスペラント / 幸徳秋水 / 外国人の日本語学習 / リテラシー / 読み書き能力 / 言文一致体 / 女権論 / フェミニズム
Outline of Final Research Achievements

I began this research assuming that gaining full literacy was difficult for many women in Meiji and wondered, "How did colloquialization affect women's rights?" I focused on the most accessible writing style that had appeared by 1891 in fiction, in "A Pioneering Feminist with a Pioneering Writing Style: Shimizu Shikin's 'Broken Ring' (Koware yubiwa, 1891)" (2015). Expanding on this disadvantaged group to think about reform for such groups in general, I applied Abe Yasushi's "universal-design" approach as I considered 1930s Romanization and Esperanto movements in "Dangerous Romanization Movement: The Dream of Saito Hidekatsu Who Promoted the Romanization of Japanese in the 1930s" (2016). And in “Kotoku Shusui and Japanese Linguistic Imperialism” (2017) I found that this early socialist pioneered and advocated the same conservative style as ultranationalists. Shikin, Hidekatsu, and even Taguchi Ukichi pioneered more inclusive writing, closer to the "universal design" ideal of today.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2017 2016 2015

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Open Access: 3 results,  Peer Reviewed: 3 results) Presentation (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Kotoku Shusui and Japanese Linguistic Imperialism2017

    • Author(s)
      Joseph Essertier
    • Journal Title

      New Directions

      Volume: 35 Pages: 15-43

    • NAID

      40021707315

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] あるアメリカ人の日本語学習体験2017

    • Author(s)
      ジョセフ・エサティエ
    • Journal Title

      ことばと文字

      Volume: 7 Pages: 17-24

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 危険なローマ字運動:暗い1930年代に日本語のローマ字使用を主張した齋藤秀一の夢2016

    • Author(s)
      Joseph Essertier
    • Journal Title

      New Directions

      Volume: 34 Pages: 1-18

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] A Pioneering Feminist with a Pioneering Writing Style: Shimizu Shikin's "Broken Ring" (Koware yubiwa, 1891)2015

    • Author(s)
      Joseph Essertier
    • Journal Title

      New Directions

      Volume: 33 Pages: 1-16

    • NAID

      120005973922

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] 必要は発明の母:清水紫琴の短編小説「こわれ指環」の革命的談話体と明治期女性読者層の識字能力2015

    • Author(s)
      ジョセフ・エサティエ
    • Organizer
      第14回情報保障研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      名古屋市ウィル愛知第4会議室
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-28 – 2015-03-29
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The Impact of Colloquial Writing by Japanese Women Writers in the 1890s2015

    • Author(s)
      Joseph Essertier
    • Organizer
      International Seminar on Comparative Literature and Translation Studies
    • Place of Presentation
      Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
    • Year and Date
      2015-01-03 – 2015-01-06
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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