- 著者
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陳 敏
Chen Min
- 出版者
- 名古屋大学大学院人文学研究科図書・論集委員会
- 雑誌
- 名古屋大学人文学フォーラム (ISSN:24332321)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.3, pp.187-199, 2020-03-31
Arishima Takeo and China has not been fully discussed except the reception of Arishima Takeo in China. What China means to Arishima has not yet been considered as an issue. However, one of his new year’s plans for 1922 published in Shinchō was to make a trip to Manchuria and Korea. Although the trip had not been realized due to the influence of the abandonment of all his wealth, it was quite interesting why he planned to go to China at the turning point of his life. The purpose of this paper is to figure out Arishima Takeo’s view on China and whether it is the same with contemporary Japanese writers’ “Shina Shumi” (taste for China) or Asianism. To do so, this paper will focus on why Arishima planned a trip to China and what China meant to him. By analyzing his diaries and other texts, this paper points out that the perception of anarchism in Chinese society then and in Chinese tradition via Hasegawa Nyozekan resulted in his intention to visit China, which was different from “Shina Shumi”. He did see the difference in China while most of contemporary Japanese writers saw China based on their own imagination. Furthermore, by dis-cussing the reality he faced in Japan and what he thought about Japan, this paper also proves that the unrealized trip to China was an escape from political pressures in Japan at that time. Arishima Takeo’s view on China or Korea could also be a clue to understand what he thought in his later years.