Abstract
This paper offers a critical examination of ‘Shin-manshūkoku to ha donna tokoro ka’ (What kind of place is the new Manchuria?) a roundtable talk (zadankai) published in Nyonin geijutsu (Women's arts) in 1932. The discussants included an eclectic mix of literary feminists and their male supporters from literary and political backgrounds. The combination of the literary with the personal accounts of the participants provides a candid background of the social milieu as well as the misconceptions and prejudices of the Japanese people during a tumultuous time in Japanese history. The relaxed exchange of ideas on Manchuria also provides an insight into the personal travel experience of Japan's literati in relation to the Japanese expansion into China and provides a fascinating insight into the zeitgeist of Japanese colonialism.
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