근대일본과 미크로네시아* - 문화교섭의 관점에서 -

Abstract

Micronesian islands became regions that Japan mandated since World War I. Afterwards, Micronesian islands kept existing as a military base on the Pacific Ocean in modern Japan. Micronesian islands that had disappeared from the memory of the majority of modern Japanese were symbolic regions that the continental expansion of empire Japan for a certain period of time. The purpose of this thesis is to research the relation between modern Japan and Micronesia. There were a lot of personal exchanges after having decided Japan to mandate though it was natural. Yanaihara Tadao, Nakajima Atsusi and Ishikawa Tatsuzou were such people whom this thesis took up. I want to think about the meaning of a cultural exchange of Micronesia and modern Japan in the thesis through the analysis of their remarks. After World War II, Micronesia became a mandate territory from Japanese territory to the United States. As a result, Micronesia was forgotten from among the memory of a lot of Japanese. When thinking about the problem of the war responsibility, Micronesian islands did not become the objects. The purpose of this thesis is to reflect on our outlook on the world and outlook on the civilization by clarifying the historical experience in Micronesia with modern Japan.