| dc.description.abstract | The study focused on the history of the Budo (Japanese martial art) activities during the Japanese colonization in Taiwan. It described how the traditional Budo culture survived after Meiji Reform(the period when Japan engaged in the total “Europeanization”in the aspects of politics, economy and culture ) and transformed form the martial arts of Samurai for the battle field into the Budo as daily practices of spiritual and physical training by the people who were the former Samurai or the lower noble class. During the period, Japan won the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the whole Japanese society valued the spirits of Samurai, the Great Japan Budo Moral Association was established. During the period, the whole Japanese educational system was implanted with the Samurai spirits. Taiwan, as a Japanese colony, was influenced by the social trends of Budo. The Budo culture were introduced into Taiwan alone with the Japanese educational system.
While Japan transformed into a capitalism country, Japan start the invasion to the countries of neighborhood. Succeeded by the victory of Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Japan won the Russo-Japanese War of 1904~1905, the Budo organizations increased quickly and diffused into each region and each level of governance. Further more, by continuous petitions, the Budo was enforced by the education system. For the encourage of the militarism and the victories of invasions, the Budo spirits was highly valued and encouraged. The role of the Great Japan Budo Moral Association was remarkable highlighted during the period. During the war time, Japanese government interfere the operation of Great Japan Budo Moral Association and became the governmental affiliate organization. The thesis tried to find out the organization structure, roles, activities and the developments within the civil educational system of Great Japan Budo Moral Association in Taiwan during the colonization period. Also, the thesis tried to identify by which ways and contents the Budo cultures were used and cultivated among the Taiwanese in the context of colonization period. Then, the thesis tried to show the legacy and interaction of Budo culture between Taiwan and Japan after the end of World War II.
The Samurai culture and the modern Budo have a long term relation of interplay. During the colonization period, the Budo culture was introduced into Taiwan then rooted and developed locally. The aims and mission of Budo evaluated with the historical developments and embedded into the education system both in Japan and Taiwan. The thesis also described the content and changes of Budo during the history form the beginning of Budo and development in modern time then finally introduced to Taiwan. The thesis collected the contents of the Budo educational materials in Taiwan, the clippings of newspaper and magazines and analyzed the contents and the transformations of the contents which were used by the Japanese colony government on the purposes of Budo education and promotion in Taiwan. | en_US |