‘외지’로서의 식민지대만 인식과 대북고등학교 일본어잡지 『상풍(翔風)』 연구 ― 일본인의 대만 표상을 중심으로―

Abstract

This paper examines how representation of Taiwan by Japanese Empire unfolded in and around Taihoku Higher School, the first higher educational institution in Taiwan. In the transitional period of Colonial Taiwan, the Japanese Government General of Taiwan made efforts to change representation of the Taiwanese as a pre-modern civilization by dividing them into two groups – the Main Island people (Han Chinese) and the Aboriginal people (natives) - in order to embrace Han Chinese Main Island people. However, as the Taiwan Assimilation Association asserted Taiwanese rights and started campaigns for improved recognition of Taiwan, which the Government General could not accept, these efforts proved to be problematic as a colonial policy. For that reason, the authorities made efforts to make Taiwan a dependent territory of Japanese Empire such as establishing higher educational institution, based on the ‘mainland extensionalism’, for more effective colonial government. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the changes in recognition of Colonial Taiwan through text analysis of the Japanese language magazine Shohu of Taihoku Higher School. As a result, despite advocacy of Liberalist educational policies of Tadasu Misawa, the Principal, there were limitations, with the existence of Taiwanese people being hidden in Taiwan’s evolving appearance, which was clearly revealed through literary works of Tadao Kano and Soichi Yoshi.