A Study of the Activities of Japanese Christians and Their Human Relationship in the Early Period of Japanese Rule in Taiwan, Based on the Case Studies of Akiyama Brothers

• Main Authors: NatsuhikoKuroha, 黑羽夏彥
• Other Authors: Wen-Sung Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/dj9twt

碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 歷史學系 === 106 === This thesis examines human relationship of Japanese Christians, Taiwanese Christians and Western Missionaries, based upon autobiographical researches on Zen-ichi Akiyama and Kozo Akiyama, who arrived at Taiwan in the Early Period of Japanese Rule. Zen-ichi Akiyama arrived at Taiwan in 1896 as a policeman. But, he protested Japanese Colonial Authority policy toward Taiwanese, quitted his job and engaged in commercial services. In 1909, he collaborated with Taiwanese friends to establish the sugar company. They opposed the economic and social trend in which large companies monopolized the market of Taiwan. Although they finally failed in business, we can observe the example of the enterprise cooperated by the people came from different ethnic groups. Because of Scottish Presbyterian missionary William Campbell’s recommendation, Kozo Akiyama assumed the headmaster of Tainan School for the Blind, which had been established by Campbell in 1891(under Qing Dynasty Rule). After Japanese Government started colonial rule in Taiwan, Campbell planned to transfer the school to Japanese Colonial Authority in the view of the financial problem. But, if the school was transferred to the Colonial Authority, foreign missionaries were impossible to manage the school. Therefore, Campbell intended to ensure his influence upon the school through Kozo Akiyama. Because Akiyama brothers were Japanese, they could negotiate with Japanese authorities in behalf of Taiwanese Christians and Western missionaries. This thesis attempts to discuss the significance of Christianity network to which Akiyama brothers belonged in the historical context of the Early Period of Japanese Rule in Taiwan.