한국일본학회

This paper aims to clarify the problems for Kamishibai in Japanese colonial Taiwan by contrasting the different comments. The analysis presented in this paper is based on activity records and interview materials obtained from Taiwanese people who were educated by Japan in Japanese colonial Taiwan. The key of the analysis is to carefully distinguish among the viewpoints of Japanese adults who performed Kamishibai, Taiwanese adults who commented on Kamishibai, and Taiwanese children who watched Kamishibai. Our understanding of the three viewpoints provided below is the result of considerable analysis. 1) Japanese adult (Conveyed the “Righteous” Japanese spirit by Kamishibai) ⇔Taiwanese adult (Criticized that Kamishibai is not a meaningful policy outcome and expounded the necessity for creating “Taiwanese mass culture” (traditonal culture) Kamishibai). 2) Japanese adult (Conveyed the “Righteous” Japanese spirit by Kamishibai) ⇔Taiwanese children (Kamishibai is not interesting). 3) Taiwanese adult (Emphasized “Taiwanese mass culture” (traditonal culture)) ⇔Taiwanese children (Kamishibai is an interesting recreational activity). Regarding the relationships among these three points of view, they should not only focus on Kamishibai, but also need to connect with new topics representative of the children’s viewpoint about the mass culture in the Japanese colonial Taiwan. Additionally, it should include all kinds of media such as movies, comic books, and popular songs. I also found other topics from this research related to this paper. One is the process of faculty and the fact that Christian staff promoted the state-promoted Kamishibai in the Japanese colonial period. This is a serious topic relating to how people with a “common” position assisted actively. The second topic relates to the mobilization of people and experiences in the colony to occupy other land. This is a thought-provoking topic of how the Japanese empire that continued to be extended made flexible use of different tribes.