表題番号：2018K-398
日付：2019/11/23
研究課題The 150th Anniversary of the Meiji Restoration in Contemporary Japanese Politics
| 研究者所属（当時） | 資格 | 氏名 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| （代表者） | 国際学術院 大学院アジア太平洋研究科 | 教授 | レーニー デイビッド |
| （連携研究者） | GSAPS | Professor | LEHENY David |
- 研究成果概要
- This research project, complementing a Kaken-supported project, aims to track public commemoration of the Meiji Restoration on its 150th anniversary in 2018. In part because of the enthusiastic discussions of the Restoration by Prime Minister Abe, whose represented home district in Yamaguchi prefecture is the contemporary successor to one of the rebellious provinces of that era, I had started the project in the expectation that the year would yield insights into the use of this national milestone in contemporary politics. Indeed, in a piece I co-authored with historian Robert Hellyer (Wake Forest University) in January 2018 in the Washington Post, we argued that the modernizing drive of Meiji might serve as a useful counter to the new nationalism in the United States under Trump and in the Brexit-era United Kingdom (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2018/01/03/what-japan-can-teach-us-about-the-future-of-the-nationalism/). My current paper draft with Professor Hellyer explores the limited nature of the national commemorations that took place, juxtaposing that with the broader interest in the Restoration as a moment of global history. And I am exploring these themes in the context of Japan's national narratives following the "Lost Two Decades."