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Whither East Asia? Reflections on Japan's Colonial Experience in Taiwan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Robert Eskildsen
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[We present two articles on a critical moment in the history of Japanese imperialism on Taiwan, the nature of the impact of colonialism on indigenous people, and contemporary ramifications of that history. In the first of these, Robert Eskildsen reflects on the broader issues of Japanese colonialism for contemporary East Asia in light of the 1874 Taiwan expedition and contemporary assessments of it. The second is Nishida Masaru's report on a commemoration of the expedition involving Japanese NGOs and villagers at the site of the Mudan Incident toward framing a people's reconciliation: “Japan, the Ryukyus and the Taiwan Expedition of 1874: toward reconciliation after 130 years.” Japan Focus]

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 3 , Issue 11 , November 2005 , e18
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Notes

(1) Banno Junji, Kindai Nihon no gaiko to seiji (Tokyo: Kenbun Shuppan, 1985), 3-21.

(2) For insights into this history see the articles in the special issue about Taiwan in the May, 2005 Journal of Asian Studies.

(3) See my “Of Civilization and Savages: The Mimetic Imperialism of Japan's 1874 Expedition to Taiwan,” American Historical Review 107.2 (April, 2002). (http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ahr/107.2/ah0202000388.html)

(4) Leo T. S. Ching, Becoming “Japanese”: Colonial Identity and the Politics of Identity Formation (Berkeley: University of California, 2001); Mau-kuei Chang, “On the Origins and Transformation of Taiwanese National Identity,” in Religion and the Formation of Taiwanese Identities, ed. Paul R. Katz and Murray A. Rubinstein (New York: Palgrave- Macmillan, 2003). 23-58.