Artistic Activities Opposing or Supporting the Empire of Japan: Song, Drama, and Dance as Propaganda Media

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24320038
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Study of the arts/History of the arts/Arts in general
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: HOSHINO Yukiyho 名古屋大学, 国際言語文化研究科, 准教授 (00303587)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KASAI Amane 東京藝術大学, 音楽学部, 講師 (00584161) ; SHO Geiken 徳島大学, 大学院ソシオ・アーツ・アンド・サイエンス研究部, 教授 (30375315) ; AN Ni 明治学院大学, 文学部, 研究員 (70509140) ; YO To 佛教大学, 文学部, 講師 (70614585) ; NISHIMURA Masao 関西学院大学, 社会学部, 教授 (80302652)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: プロパガンダ / 移動 / 大衆芸術 / メディア / 身体

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We’ve been doing research on the anti-Japanese artistic activities under Japanese occupation or invasion in the 1940s. At present, we found that Chinese intellectuals or artists had to select their ways as the invasion of the Empire of Japan : to cooperate with the Japanese, to resist them, or to be a spy. Some danced to contribute to the Chinese army, others composed popular songs for the Japanese people or for the Chinese victims, and others produced anti-Japanese dramas. In many cases, these dancers, musicians, writers, movie-makers and actors worked together.

Free Research Field

中国文学