‘支那通’ 야노 진이치(矢野仁一)의 중국인식과 對中정책

Abstract

In this thesis, ‘China Expert’ Yano Jinichi was focused on, who had a great influence on Japan's view of China and policies of China since the First World War, and his achievements, understanding of China, and relation to ‘Sino-Japanese War’ from the Manchurian Incident to the Pacific War were examined. First, Yano was strongly affected by ‘modernism’ that recognizes the development process of European history as a universal historical procedures and positivism at the department of western history in the Imperial University of Tokyo. This ‘modern’ view of history was reflected in his view of China and study on China, so he considered China as a special, stationary(‘the theory that China is stagnant’) and less advanced society without a fixed border(‘支那無國境論’) and that had failed to form a nation(‘the theory that China is not a nation’). He became enthusiastic about Asianisam with the Manchurian Incident, foundation of Manchukuo, and withdrawal from the UN. However, ‘the theory that China is not a nation’ with a critical view on China and Republic of China from the European perspective of the theory of nation-state was not his original idea, but a common perception of sinology among prewar Kyoto school. Yet, among Kyoto school, he had the most thorough recognition that China and Chinese culture were stagnant. Then, it's a natural consequence that this led his study on and understanding of China to be most favorable among Kyoto school to the invasion of the continent.