Missionary Mary Anna Holbrook and “A Japanization Movement” in Kobe College, 1894: Based on the Tension with Doshisha

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  • MIKI, Eriko
    教育哲学・教育史学コース博士後期課程2回生

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  • 宣教師Mary Anna Holbrookと神戸女学院1894年「ある日本化運動」 --同志社との緊張関係を踏まえて--
  • センキョウシ Mary Anna Holbrook ト コウベ ジョガクイン 1894ネン 「 アル ニホンカ ウンドウ 」 : ドウシシャ ト ノ キンチョウ カンケイ オ フマエテ

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In November 1894, after the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, Japanese teachers at Kobe College, whichwas run by missionaries under the auspices of the American Board, requested that the principal, treasurer, and founder be named Japanese. The previous studies have named this event “a Japanization movement”and viewed it as symbolic of the current “reaction” against Christianity, including the rise of nationalism.This paper mainly uses a letter written by Mary Anna Holbrook, a missionary of Kobe College, to theAmerican Board. It showed that even before the “a Japanization movement”, Kobe College missionarieshad criticized Doshisha led by Kumamoto Band members, and the woman missionaries couldn’t allow togive Kobe College to the Band who advocated a “new theology”. The letters also revealed that they hadbeen critical of Doshisha, led by the Band, even before the “a certain Japanization movement”.

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