The Cultural Activities of the Socialist in the Meiji Period:Focus on Kotoku Shusui

• Main Authors: Chun-hua Jen, 任鈞華
• Other Authors: Te-Lan Chu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/14995428736140182004

碩士 === 國立中央大學 === 歷史研究所 === 96 === In the past, the Meiji Socialist is considered as“thinker”、“activist”, and the research of the Meiji Socialist is belonged to the realm of intellectual history. However, Japanese cultural historian Irokawa Daikichi consider socialist as cultural initiator by wider view. By this approach, the study of the Meiji Socialist is likely to get relief from bind of the study of intellectual history. This article choose a case of the Meiji Socialist to study by Irokawa''s suggest. This case is Kotoku Shusui(1871-1911). Kotoku, known as“fine writer”, has left a lot of Chinese Classics, works of literary criticism, and translation works, and throw oneself into the Genbun Itchi movement, foundation and management of newspapers. As a Socialist, Kotoku''s cultural activities is a representative example, that is sure to become an object of study. Therefore, this article will analysis Kotoku Shusui''s activities in literature, stylistic reform, translation, and journalism, explain the Meiji Socialist Kotoku''s various positions and significances of his cultural activities in cultural history.