著者

鈴木 啓孝 Hirotaka Suzuki

出版者

熊本大学大学院人文社会科学研究部(文学系)

雑誌

人文科学論叢 = Kumamoto journal of humanities (ISSN:24350052)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.4, pp.247-268, 2023-03-31

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The purpose of this paper is to further our understanding of the intellectual context surrounding the editing of Jinjō Shōgaku-Shōka (Songs for Elementary Students) completed in June 1914. To that end, this paper analyzes the writings of YUHARA Motoichi, president of Tokyo Music School and chief editor of the above compilation. YUHARA showed understanding for socialism as he harbored deep concern for the distress of the urban poor. He did not impose a state-centered, totalitarian structure on the people. Moreover, he recommended music not only as fi ne arts of the upper classes, but also as applied art with the purpose of comforting the lower classes. Further, he tried to encourager music teachers who were experts in schoolchildren’s songs, with the goal of raising their awareness as educators. The concerns of YUHARA and his fellow co-editors for the social problems of the 1910s are reflected in the gentleness manifested within Jinjō Shōgaku-Shōka