War and National Reinvention: Japan in the Great War, 1914-1919

398 Pages·2001·38.738 MB·English

by  Frederick R. Dickinson

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War and National Reinvention
Japan in the Great War,
1914-1919
Harvard East Asian Monographs, 177

War and National Reinvention
] ap an in the Great War,
1914-1919
Frederick R. Dickinson
Published by the Harvard University Asia Center
and distributed by Harvard University Press
Cambridge (Massachusetts) and London, 1999
© 1999 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
Printed in the United States ofA merica
The Harvard Universiry Asia Center publishes a monograph series and, in coordination with
the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, the Korea Institute, the Reischauer Institute of
Japanese Studies, and other faculties and institutes, administers research projects designed to
further scholarly understanding of China, Japan, Vietnam, Korea, and other Asian countries.
The Center also sponsors projects addressing multidisciplinary and regional issues in Asia.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dickinson, Frederick R., 1961-
War and national reinvention :Japan in the Great War,
1914-1919 I Frederick R. Dickinson.
p. em. (Harvard East Asian monographs ; 177)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN o-674-94655-3 (cloth: alk. paper)
1. World War, 1914-1918--Diplomatic history. 2. World War,
1914-1918--Japan. 3· Japan--Foreign relations--1912-1945· I. Title.
II. Series.
D621.J3 053 1999
940·3'2252·-dC21 99-23508
CIP
Index by the author
@ Printed on acid-free paper
Last figure below indicates year of this printing
09 o8 07 o6 05 04 03 02 01 oo
Endpaper illustrations: (left) "Ranking of bureaucrats and the military clique," Aka, August 1,
1919. On the model of broadsides announcing the ranks of wrestlers for an upcoming sumo
tournament, this handbill ranks prominent Japanese bureaucrats on the right, important
members of the "military clique" on the left, based on their relative influence. (right) "Battle of
the old and new thinkers," Aka, July 1, 1919. Similarly, this handbill lists practitioners of the
"old thought" on the left, "new thought" on the right. Reproduced courtesy ofMeiji shinbun
zasshi bunko, Faculry of Law, Tokyo Universiry.
To Mary E. Hildebrand and Richard F. Dickinson
for untold sacrifices on a mission to Japan,
from which this book ultimately emanates
(not to mention its author)

Contents
Illustrations
XI
Preface
XV
Note on Japanese and Chinese Names
XIX
Introduction
1 Imperialism in the Context ofNational Renovation 7
Japanese Diplomacy in Isolation Bl The Primacy of Nation·
Building 1ol Korea and Conscription in the Context of National
Renovation 13l Empire and Arms in the Context of National
Renovation 14l Oligarchic Politics in the Context of National
Renovation 17 I Renovation on the Model of Imperial
Germany 21l War and the Consolidation of Empire, Arms, and
Oligarchic Rule 24l Peace and the Dissolution of Empire, Arms,
and Oligarchic Rule 26l The T aisho Contest over the Meiji
Legacy 2BI Visions of a Ta isho Renovation 31
2 "Divine Aid" and the "Destiny ofJ apan":
The Great War as Opportunity 33
World War I and the Quest for Empire 341 Empire in the
Service of Domestic Politics sBI The Genro Versus Prime
Minister Okuma, September 1914 77 I Synopsis So