by Uchimura, Kanzo, 1861-1930
Publication date 1908
Topics Japan -- Biography
Publisher Tokyo : Keiseisha
Collection cdl; americana
Contributor University of California Libraries
Language English
Item Size 426.6M
233 p
Added date 2007-12-21
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代表的日本人
| 대표적인 일본인Japan and the Japanese Representative Men of Japan | ||
|---|---|---|
| 저자 | 우치무라 감조 | |
| 발행일 | 1894년 / 1908년 | |
| 국가 |  일본 | |
| 언어 | 영어 | |
| ||
『대표적 일본인 』(다이 히테테키에 진진, 원제: Representative Men of Japan/Japan and the Japanese )는 우치무라 감삼 에 의한 영어의 저작이다 [ 1 ] . 사이고 다카모리 , 우에스기 타카야마 , 니노미야 존덕 , 나카 에토키 , 니치렌 의 생애가 소개되고 있다 [ 2 ] .
사이고 다카모리 평
페리 제독을「최고로 인도를 중시하는 인물」이라고 평가한 (개인적 견해를 나타냈다) 위에서, 그 페리에 대응하는 인물이 사이고 다카모리라고 기록하고, 사이고를 말함에 있어서, 중국 사상인 양명학 에 그림자 울림을 받은 것, 이 양명학이 기독교 에 가장 가까운 것으로 설명하고, 그에 반해 주자학 은 보수적이며, 에도 시대 의 지배층은 양명학이 기독교에 가까워서 탄압했다고 한다. 사이고보다 뛰어난 인물은 있었다고 하는 한편, 사이고 없이는 유신혁명은 일어나지 않았다는 것을 강조해, 사이고의 대신이 되는 인물은 없다고 말하고 있다. 동아시아의 통합은 열 강국에 늘어선 데 필요한 길이었다고 긍정하면서, 사이고라는 인물은 조지 워싱턴을 이상으로 나폴레옹 보나파르트 같은 침략자 를 혐오했다고 미국 쪽 해석을 하고 있다. 사이고의 정한론 에 관해서도 조선측이 무례를 거듭했기 때문이었고, 사이고의 언동은 하늘의 법에 준한 행동이라고 한다. 사이고의 죽음에 관한 이야기로서, 적장이 그 얼굴을 보고, 「안락한 얼굴을 하고 있다」라고 한다. 생전의 인품에 관해서 무욕적이고 유족에게 재산을 남기지 않은 일화를 소개하고, 그래도 (한 번 적대한) 나라가 유족의 귀찮은 것을 본 것은 근대 경제국에서는 드문 것으로 한다. "싸움을 두려워, 안이하게 평화를 요구하는 것은 상법 지배소라고 불려야 하고 정부라고는 말하기 어렵다"고 적는 등 우치무라 자신의 싸움을 부정하지 않은 견해가 보인다.
우에스기타카야마 평
니노미야 존덕평
나카에토 수평
일련평
번역
- 스즈키 노부히사 번역 “대표적 일본인”(이와나미 문고, 1995년)
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Representative Men of Japan; Essays
Uchimura Kanzo 1861-1930
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
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masaaki ohama
5.0 out of 5 stars Japanese love people, love nature
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Every one should read this book to understand Japan & Japanese which is very different from America & American.
New area has come now, we have to build the One Family under God. This book help us to realize the ideal world.
Japan is very unique country. We can find a lot of thing which we do not have.
Japanese love people, love nature, love unity and love one family.
Kanzo Uchimura is the great Japanese Christian. He loves 2 J which are Japan & Jesus.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Now outdated but still readable
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ケネディ駐日大使がスピーチで上杉鷹山に言及していたが、ケネディ家の人々が鷹
山を知っているのは、本書のおかげに違いない。本書の出版は1908（明治41年）
だが、現在でも、リプリント版ながら新書が手に入るのは驚きだ。もちろん邦訳は
ある。別に原文を読む必要はないが、内村鑑三がどんな英文を書いていたのか興味
をそそられて原文を読んでみた。百年以上も昔の著作だから文体も表記もいささか
古めかしい。お手本になる文章ではないが、著者の言わんとしていることはわかる。
内村が言うように、日本を世界に向かって紹介し、日本人を西洋人に対して弁護す
るには、どうしても欧文をもってしなければならない。そして内村の英文著作が、
米国大統領の目に留まり、もっとも尊敬する日本人として鷹山の名前が出たという
ことは、内村の試みは功を奏したといえるだろう。
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Zanzo Uchimura is a representative man in early Meiji in Japan. This is the representative book.
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This is an odd little book. Written about 120 years ago, Uchimura prepared the text in English in order to complicate how Japan was perceived by the rest of the world. Even before the Great War, Uchimura was deeply concerned by the rise of nationalism and militarism in his country, and his Christian pacifism prompted him to seek historical paradigms of virtue in his country that he could stand behind.
Uchimura identifies five men over the previous 700 years of Japanese history that exemplify what he believes to be best about his nation. The group is eclectic, but each man is referred to as "saint" by Uchimura. The term is one that he applies outside his own Christian tradition, believing that much of what's best about Japan has emerged despite the messages of Christian missionaries there.
While the essays were not originally written to be part of a single volume, they follow a similar format: a thematic introduction on what virtue the saint will exemplify, an analysis of his upbringing and career accomplishments, and a reflection on how that saint's life has carried forward to modernity. While these are not full biographies, neither are they hagiographies. Referring to them as saints does not stop Uchimura from identifying their faults, paling, of course, in comparison to their virtues.
I don't know who would read this. It requires some basic familiarity with Japanese history, as Uchimura dives into to events that are familiar to him without much context. But it's a quick read that helps a modern reader reexamine our assumptions about turn-of-the-century Japan, as well as just how different we believe ourselves to be from those who lived and thought at that time. Uchimura is a fun writer, and it's clear that he knows precisely what is important to him and how to say it.
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A collection of essays written by a Japanese Christian Church-planter in 1908; translated into English by a Japanese Zen Priest in 1999. What do both of these of these men have in common? A great love for Japan and a hope that their nation and the West to look past “the blind loyalty and bloody patriostism” Japan had been known for (the authors own words) and instead look toward the ingenuity, independent thought, humility and peacefulness that is unique to Japan’s history. Altogether the author wrote 5 essays about 5 historical figures. Some well known and respected (Saigo Takamori & Uesugi Yozan), some not well known (Ninomiya Sontok & Nakae Toju) and another completely reviled (Nichiren). It was a great read.
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April 1, 2017
This book is written by a Japanese nearly 100 years ago in English!
The FIVE representatives were not that "representative" because I asked local Japanese and only a few of them know these men!!!
The only reason I read this book is that it was mandatory for a class.....
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Kanzo Uchimura chose to narrate stories of 5 great individuals who shaped what known as today's Japan way of living, and thinking. A bit tangled here and there with the language-culture barrier, but these stories are amazing.
Of course with his bold narration, some readers might find it bias, even for japanese. But he did a great job of pointing out some good example of events from these people strengths in moral values.
I would like to rate more but the english used can sometimes be a bit too complicated for me to follow. But, if you want to know the cause of japanese mentality of today, this book might give you some ideas.
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Very hard to read. It is better to read a summary.
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Libro a dir poco orrendo.
Personaggi interessanti ma consiglio l’approfondimento con altre fonti.
Lettura difficile e scrittura complessa.
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