Organizational Study on the Prewar Japanese Colonial Bureaucrats

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K00987
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 03020:Japanese history-related
• Research Institution: Osaka Sangyo University
• Principal Investigator: KATO Michiya 大阪産業大学, 経済学部, 教授 (80389973)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 植民地官僚 / 帝国史 / 統治認識

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Based on the biographical research on several colonial bureaucrats in pre-war Japan, we tried to clarify the common characteristics of the ideas and activities of the colonial bureaucrats as a group, and to clarify the characteristics of each colonial authority to which they belonged. The colonial bureaucrats believed that the colonial administration needed its own discretion to respond to circumstances different from those of the home country. They were also keen to do the research on colonial administration methods of the Western Imperialist Countries, aiming to ensure the continuation of stable governance by selecting and sharing the knowledge necessary for the actual Japanese colonial governance.

Free Research Field

日本経済史、日本帝国史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の成果は、学術的には戦前期日本の植民地統治は各外地機関で一様なものであったわけではなく、本国からどの程度の裁量権を獲得しているかで異なってくることが明らかになったことである。また、本研究の社会的意義は、組織で働く者の集団としての特徴を明確化し、彼らの働き方の成果がどのように共有されるかを分析することを通して、組織がどのような特徴を持つにいたるか、そうした特徴をいかに活用するか、が検討可能になったことである。