Pan-Asianism: A Documentary History, 1850-1920

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This first volume in a two-volume set provides the only comprehensive, Western-language history of Pan-Asianism through primary sources and commentaries. The book argues that Pan-Asianism, often-though unfairly-associated with the Yellow Peril, has been a powerful political and ideological force in modern Asia. It has shaped national identities and strongly influenced the development of international relations across Asia and the Pacific. Scholars have long recognized the importance of Pan-Asianism as an ideal of Asian solidarity, regional cooperation, and integration but also as an ideology that justified imperialist expansion and military aggression. Yet sustained research has been hampered by the difficulty of accessing primary sources. Thoroughly remedying this problem, this unique sourcebook provides a wealth of documents on Pan-Asianism from 1850 to 1920, many translated for the first time from Asian languages. All sources are accompanied by expert commentaries that provide essential background information. Providing an essential overview of Pan-Asianism as it developed throughout modern Asia, this collection will be an indispensable tool for scholars in history, political science, international relations, and sociology. Its accessible presentation makes it a valuable resource for non-specialists as well. Contributions by: Cemil Aydin, Yuan P. Cai, Peter Duus, Sel�uk Esenbel, Jing He, Eri Hotta, Jo�l Joos, Kim Bongjin, Kyu Hyun Kim, Eun-jeung Lee, Matsuda Koichiro, Marc Andre Matten, Sven Saaler, Michael A. Schneider, Alistair Swale, Christopher W. A. Szpilman, Brij Tankha, Ren�e Worringer, and Urs Matthias Zachmann. Preface and Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration and Translation Introduction Part I The Dawn of Pan-Asianism, 1850–1900 Chapter One The Concept of “Asia” before Pan-Asianism Chapter Two The Foundation Manifesto of the Kōakai (Raising Asia Society) and the Ajia Kyōkai (Asia Association), 1880–1883 Chapter Three The Genyōsha (1881) and Premodern Roots of Japanese Expansionism Chapter Four Kōa—Raising Asia: Arao Sei and Inoue Masaji Chapter Five Tarui Tōkichi’s Arguments on Behalf of the Union of the Great East, 1893 Chapter Six Konoe Atsumaro and the Idea of an Alliance of the Yellow Race, 1898 Chapter Seven Okakura Tenshin: “Asia Is One,” 1903 Chapter Eight Okakura Tenshin and Pan-Asianism, 1903–1906 Part II The Era of Imperialism and Pan-Asianism in Japan, 1900–1914 Chapter Nine The Foundation Manifesto of the Tōa Dōbunkai (East Asian Common Culture Society), 1898 Chapter Ten The Kokuryūkai, 1901–1920 Chapter Eleven Miyazaki Tōten’s Pan-Asianism, 1915–1919 Chapter Twelve Pan-Asianism, the “Yellow Peril,” and Suematsu Kenchō, 1905 Chapter Thirteen Hatano Uho: Asia in Danger, 1912 Chapter Fourteen Nagai Ryūtarō: “The White Peril,” 1913 Part III Asian Responses to Imperialism and Japanese Pan-Asianism, 1900–1922 Chapter Fifteen Sŏ Chaep’il: Editorials from Tongnip Sinmun (The Independent), 1898–1899 Chapter Sixteen Zhang Taiyan and the Asiatic Humanitarian Brotherhood, 1907 Chapter Seventeen Aurobindo Ghose: “The Logic of Asia,” 1908–1909 Chapter Eighteen Sin Ch’ae-ho: “A Critique of Easternism,” 1909 Chapter Nineteen Abdürreşid I˙brahim: “The World of Islam and the Spread of Islam in Japan,” 1910 Chapter Twenty An Chung-gŭn: “A Discourse on Peace in East Asia,” 1910 Chapter Twenty-One Benoy Kumar Sarkar: The Asia of the Folk, 1916 Chapter Twenty-Two Li Dazhao: “Greater Asianism and New Asianism,” 1919 Chapter Twenty-Three Kurban Ali and the Tatar Community in Japan, 1922 Chapter Twenty-Four Rash Behari Bose: The Indian Independence Movement and Japan Part IV The Breakdown of the Imperialist Order: World War I and Pan-Asianism, 1914–1920 Chapter Twenty-Five Germany, Sun Yat-sen, and Pan-Asianism, 1917–1923 Chapter Twenty-Six Pan-Asianism during and after World War I: Kodera Kenkichi (1916), Sawayanagi Masatarō (1919), and Sugita Teiichi (1920) Chapter Twenty-Seven Kita Ikki: “An Unofficial History of the Chinese Revolution,” 1915, and “The Outline of a Plan for the Reconstruction of Japan,” 1919 Chapter Twenty-Eight Tokutomi Sohō and the “Asiatic Monroe Doctrine,” 1917 Chapter Twenty-Nine Paul Richard: To Japan, 1917, and The Dawn over Asia, 1920 Chapter Thirty Kita Reikichi: “Misunderstood Asianism” and “The Great Mission of Our Country,” 1917 Chapter Thirty-One Taraknath Das: Pan-Asian Solidarity as a “Realist” Grand Strategy, 1917–1918 Chapter Thirty-Two Konoe Fumimaro: “A Call to Reject the Anglo-American Centered Peace,” 1918 Consolidated Bibliography List of Contributors to Volume 1