2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Social Circumstances surrounding the Location of Military Bases and Pleasure Quarters in the Post-Russo-Japanese War Era
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26370808
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Japanese history
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| Research Institution | Kobe Women's University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 旭川 / 師団 / 遊廓 / 公娼制度 / 東京毎日新聞 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study examines the debate that occured in 1907 over the establishment of a pleasure quarter,the Nakajima brothel,in Asahikawa Town,Hokkaido,where a division of the army was stationed.The mayor of Asahikawa and a majority of the town counsilors organized a protest movement.Though the opposition movement formally justified their position as being besed on the proximity of the anticipated site to a school,the argument also arose that the town's tax income would be reduced with a new brothel,an important tax resource.Their main aim was to boost prosperity in the town while co-existing with both the military and brothel.The groups in opposition took action to arouse public opinion in Tokyo to support their case.This coinsides precisely with a period of military expansion following the Russo-Japanese War.There was a rapid increase in places that were demanding the establishment of brothels taking military location as a pretense and this had become a focus of criticism.
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| Free Research Field |
日本近代史
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