台灣初期植民地教育文化の研究 - 教育政策の展開 -

Abstract

After the Meiji Reformation, the Japanese Imperialism, advocating “to build up a rich country with strong military power”, has made the country an emerging country in Asia through their violent military force on other countries. Japan, with its continuous external expansion, has been ranked among the world powers. One after another, it has occupied Okinawa, Taiwan, Korea, Manchuria, South part of Sakhalin Islands and the South Pacific Islands. Using the excuse of “Protecting the territories of Korea”, the Japanese has invaded China and further marched southward to occupy Taiwan. Taiwan has been under Japanese rule for fifty years (1895-1945). The Japanese rulers have applied their successful experience in Okinawa to the colonial education in Taiwan. Isawa-Shuji, the first head of School Affairs Section of the Government-General, played a key role in the development of colonial education system in Taiwan. In his lecture in the Imperial Education Association in 1897 (30th year in the Meiji Calendar), he mentioned the “Specific Guidelines for the Establishment of Public Schools in Taiwan”, advocating the colonial education policies for Taiwan. Supported by the implementation of “Projects of Urgency” and “Projects for Sustainable Development”, he has opened a new page for the assimilation education in Taiwan. Our research shall start from the point when Japan made its first invasion in year 1874 after the Meiji Reformation. To facilitate our study on the education policies implemented by the Japanese rulers in Taiwan, we also referred to the valuable experience in education gained by the Japanese Imperialism in Okinawa (1879) and provided examples we collected from actual documents.