Voices of Dissent: Uchimura Kanzo and Yosano Akiko
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概要
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The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 was the first major step on Japan's road to becoming an imperialistic power in East Asia and the Pacific. Only a few decades after emerging from its seclusion, Japan defeated a European empire, gaining great confidence in its abilities. Only a few of its leading intellectuals objected to Japan's militaristic and imperialistic ambitions, some of them adopting a strictly pacifistic position. Among them was the Christian leader Uchimura Kanzo, who although proud of his samurai heritage, gradually adopted strict pacifistic views and expressed them courageously. From another angle, the poet Yosano Akiko wrote a famous poem condemning the war, but her position was personal rather than ideological, and would change during the years leading to the Second World War. Following the devastation in that war, Japan has adopted a pacifist constitution, but lately strong voices inside the country are calling for its change.
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