著者

陶 徳民

出版者

関西大学東西学術研究所

雑誌

関西大学東西学術研究所紀要 (ISSN:02878151)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.52, pp.A21-A33, 2019-04-01

---

An open-minded Protestant, educator and statesman, Uchigasaki Sakusaburo (1877-1947) obtained a deep knowledge about Anglo-American cultures during his time in England as a college student and at Waseda University as a teacher of Western civilizations. He played a role as a progressive opinion leader along with his fellow-provincial Yoshino Sakuzo in the Taisho period. Through an analysis of the first edition and the revised version of his biography of Abraham Lincoln, published in 1919 and 1929, respectively, the present paper attempts to look into his comparative views on the Civil War and the Great War, on the Civil war, the Meiji Restoration, the Taiping Rebellion and the Unifications of Germany and Italy, and on the constitutional theories and movements in the United States, Meiji Japan, and the early Republic of China. In addition, the paper further reveals his religious faith as a Unitarian believer and his political stance as a middle -of-the-roader, which led to his parting with Yoshino in 1924.