In the study of modern Japan`s postcolonial studies, it contains the logic of colonial rule, and this is partly supported by the contemporary Japanese East Asian studies. In this paper, I have questioned this interpretation by critically examining 山...
In the study of modern Japan`s postcolonial studies, it contains the logic of colonial rule, and this is partly supported by the contemporary Japanese East Asian studies. In this paper, I have questioned this interpretation by critically examining 山崎闇齋 and 橫井小楠 thought and State Management from a comparative viewpoint. After thoroughly examining the view of 闇齋`s 易學, he critically took in 退溪學. However, 闇齋 emphasized the relevance to Japanese 神道 in the 易學 analysis. It shows the tendency to reduce the universality of Confucianism civilization(儒敎文明) to the one country domain. 小楠 tried to resist the invasion of the Western forces by restoring the Intrinsic Confucianism which is inherent in the Japanese Confucianism. He tried to actualize the universal ideal of Confucianism civilization, such as pursuit of public nature from domination, concern for the well-being welfare, pursuit of peaceful coexistence in international relations in the Tokugawa-Japan. But finally he failed, and Japan lost its connection with Confucian tradition and decided to follow the path of Western imperialism.