근대 일본 여성참정권 운동의 딜레마, 1932∼1945 : 이치카와 후사에와 ‘부선획득동맹’ 운동 전략의 변화를 중심으로

Abstract

This article attempts to examine the history of modern Japanese women's suffrage movement, “the fusen movement”, focusing on the movement of Ichikawa Fusae and “the fusen kakutoku dōmei” in association with change of the political situation. Originally, the fusen movement was aimed at the advancement of women into the parliament. However, as political parties and parliamentary politics declined and the fascism era began, the fusen movement targeting political parties became difficult to develop and the motivation to aim for women’s advancement into parliament also diminished. Here, under the emergency of the war, as the requests of the central and local governments to women to participate in governmentfriendly organizations continued, women enjoyed the pleasure of political participation. Eventually, Fusae and other activists hoped to contribute to women themselves and the country through the political participation right, their “political participation” could have only been done in the way of cooperation with the fascism regime, which was a kind of dilemma they faced.