From Shanghai to Kyoto : the story of Charles Grosbois, the key person both of the French Concession in Shanghai and the Institut franco-japonais du Kansai

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  • ZHAO Y.
    関西学院大学経済学部教授

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  • 上海フランス租界と関西日仏学館 --第七代館長グロボワ(Charles Grosbois) を中心に--
  • シャンハイ フランス ソカイ ト カンサイ ニチフツ ガッカン : ダイナナダイ カンチョウ グロボワ(Charles Grosbois)オ チュウシン ニ

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Charles Grosbois (1893-1972) used to be a key person both of the French Concession in Shanghai and theInstitut franco-japonais du Kansaï. A Sorbonne graduate in classical literature, he went to war and lost his right hand. In 1918, heca meto Shanghai as a professor of the French School, and was later appointed the director of the school and the general representativeof Alliance Françaisein China, which soon let him join the movement of Going to Francefor Work-&-Study Program (留法勤工倹学運動). From 1933 to 1943 Grosbois also worked as the director of the Education Department of the French Concession, where he greatly contributed to promoting French education and cultural exchanges. He left China in 1951, then cameto Kyoto in 1953 to becomethedire ctor of theInstitut franco-japonais du Kansaï, wherehea gain did his best to promote French education and cultural exchanges. Earning theChine sena meof “高博愛” (Gao boʼai) -- 高(Gao) is a very common family namein China, and thefirst name 博愛(boʼai) means fraternity -- Ch. Grosbois devoted ove r 40 years of his life to Chinese and Japanese people. Nowadays however, even Shanghai history scholars know littleabout him. Based on French, Chinese and Japanese historical documents, this article will describe Grosboisʼs contribution in detail, and shed light on thefunctionin g of a cultural network between Paris, Shanghai, and Kyoto during thefirst half of the 20th century.

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  • 人文學報

    人文學報 117 123-148, 2021-05-31

    THE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN HUMANITIES, KYOTO UNIVERSITY

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