『구스모의 꽃(クスモの花)』에 나타난 태평양전쟁기 일제의 지배 이념

Abstract

The Flower of Kusumo is an Indonesian Fairy Tales Collection created during the Pacific War. Children's literature writer Koide Shyogo selected 20 stories and adapted them into a fairy tale style for Japanese children to read Indonesian myths and tales. In the preface to this fairy tale book, the author clearly stated the purpose of writing that he hopes the Japanese children to recognize the mission of Japan, as a leader to lead Southeast Asia. So the contents of the book need to be analyzed with the internal principles of the Greater East Asia Co􋹲prosperity Sphere discourse at the time. In addition, since the book was made based on Indonesian myths and tales, it is essential to review it with the concurrent Japanese researcher's folklore perspective and other discourses distributed at the time and the comparison with the original texts. As a result of analyzing the contents in consideration of the above points, the argument that emphasized the similarity between the unique characteristics of Indonesia and Japan first stood out in the work. The most prominent features in the anecdotes found in the book can be categorized into the aspects of the thought of divine kingdom, the Doctrine of Family and Nation, Asian Solidarity and Bushido, and acquiring knowledge about the resources of Southeast Asia. What can be seen from these analysis results is that the author was very conscious of the Pacific War and carefully wrote the work, and that it intended a dual learning effect that reaffirmed Japan's “uniqueness” and value in the process of learning Indonesia. In addition, it can be said that there was an aspect in which Japanese children learned in advance the area where they would be active in the future by naturally being familiar with resources of Southeast Asia while reading fairy tales.