著者

日比 嘉高 Hibi Yoshitaka

出版者

名古屋大学大学院文学研究科附属「アジアの中の日本文化」研究センター

雑誌

JunCture : 超域的日本文化研究 (ISSN:18844766)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.7, pp.58-67, 2016-03-28

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This paper provides a brief history of Japanese bookstores in Karafuto (Sakhalin) from the occupation of Sakhalin by Japanese army in 1905 to the end of the WWII in 1945. In the Russo-Japan War, the Japanese army occupied Sakhalin Island and the Japanese Empire obtained the southern half of the island after the Treaty of Portsmouth. Japanese settlers in Karafuto grew in number and began to build towns. The first bookstore, “Saito Branch,” which is found in a list of bookstores of 1907, was built in Korsakov (named Odomari in Japanese). It is assumed that Japanese-managed bookstores grew gradually in number, but there is no comprehensive list of them in the 1920s. A selective list published in 1928 reports nine shops existed in Karafuto: three in Toyohara, three in Odomari, two in Maoka, and one in Tomarioru. The Bookseller Association of Karafuto (樺太書籍商組合) was organized in 1926 after the establishment of a National organization of bookseller associations (全国書籍商組合聯合会) in 1920. There were 88 members of the Bookseller Association of Karafuto in 1930 and 97 in 1942. The increase in the number of bookstores is related not only to the population of Japanese living in Karafuto but also the development of its educational system. Before 1945, there used to be three junior high schools, four girls’ high schools, and their respective libraries in Karafuto. Educational associations of Odomari (大泊町教育会) and of Karafuto (樺太教育会) also had their own public libraries.