2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

The Japanese Army's Perceptions of Politics, Military Affairs and Socienties in the Inter-War years

Research Project

Project/Area Number	11610351
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Japanese history
Research Institution	Tokyo Woman's Christian University
Principal Investigator	KUROSAWA Fumitaka Tokyo Woman's Christian University, Culture and Communication, Professor, 現代文化学部, 教授 (00277097)
Project Period (FY)	1999 – 2001
Keywords	the Japanese Army / Taisho Democracy / total war
Research Abstract	This study examines the Japanese Army's perception of politics, military affairs and societies in the inter-war years and explains the reason that the Japanese Army became propulsive force during the Showa period in turmoil. The Japanese Army's study on the First World War is brought to light in chapter one. The relationship with the Tanaka military administration is mentioned in chapter two. The general picture of a total war plan by the Japanese Army in the 1920s is examined in chapter three. The Japanese Army's understandings of "Taisho Democracy" in the 1920s, to which they attached another importance, are focused and it is pointed out htat they flexibly coped with it in chapter for. The reformation of school education system by the Japanese Army is discussed with relation to "Taisho Democracy" in chapter five. It is suggested that the Japanese Army's perception of the United States in the 1920s coincided with their understandings of "Taisyo Democracy" ni Japan in chapter six.

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