'새역모'의 일본 古代史 구상의 특질과 문제점 - 自由社 교과서 및 扶桑社<교사용 지도서>를 중심으로 -

Abstract

In this essay, analyzed the descriptions about Japanes ancient history from Jiyushya’s testbook and Fusosha’s teacher’s guide, I examined Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform’s different ways of episteme about Japanes ancient history. I would like to say that the most important terrains of ancient history in textbook writing are about the establishment of ‘ancient country’ and the forming of culture. This is not just a quality of the textbook by Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform’s but a perspective that one can find current Japanese history textbooks in general. Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform’s textbook is describing the developing process of Japanese ancient history in their own enclosed systems of relationships between ancient ancestors and the perspectives projected to them by present Japanese people. Also it consciously emphasizes the independence of Wa(倭) from Korea and China in extremity. This is the point this textbook shows different from others. The emphasis of Japan’s independence from other east asian countries is projected into the descriptions of traditional cultural formation. For example, in describing Kokuhu Bunka(國風文化), it shows strong nationalist perspective that ancient Japan had not been culturally influenced by other asian cuntries. To describe such an independent ancient country and its culture, Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform brings Shotoku Taishi(聖德太子), who was both an ideal leader and a greatest contributor in establishing Japan’s ancient culture, into the point of narrative. This is a different historical episteme of Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform’s from other textbooks.