“Asianists” and the Magazine Success: The Image of China in the Context of “Invitaion”

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  • “アジア主義者”と雑誌『成功』（1902～16）：“いざない”のなかの中国イメージ
  • アジア シュギシャ ト ザッシ セイコウ 1902 16 イザナイ ノ ナカ ノ チュウゴク イメージ

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The magazine Success (『成功』), published in Japan at the beginning of the twentieth century, was a popular magazine for young people. In its articles, the idea of “invitation” to China was often developed. The contributors were Asianists, who attracted a good deal of public attention. “Inviting” young Japanese to China, the writers were said to be accepted as “heroes” by the magazine’s young readers. The theme of this paper is to study how the image of China was described in Success and how a great number of young Japanese people were influenced by the image of China that “the Asianist heroes” created. First, a stereotyped paradigms of “Asianist”, such as “invasion or solidarity” or “real solidarity” is rejected. The author’s concern lies in the problems these paradigms have concealed. He focuses on the images of China created by the Asianists taking on the form of “China as the land of possibility.” At the same time, China was treated as an object of ‘‘the mission of civilization” and “the mission of the Asianism.” Attention is draw to the point that China was always talked about in the context of “savagely” and “backwardness” which means that the image of China in Success connotes the popularization of an image of encouraging young people to immigrate to China. Additionally, the author turns to the “eyes” which supported this image of China and its development.

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