Akabin Yakko

…When Western Europe was perceived as a “power,” derogatory terms for Westerners were born. At the time of the treaty revision, Westerners were described as “red-headed slaves,” “monsters,” and “beasts,” and during the Pacific War they were described as “devilish Americans and British.” The process in which Westerners became “foreigners” throughout modern Japan was also the process in which Asian people were expelled from the realm of “foreigners.”

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Akabinnu" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…西欧が〈力〉として意識されるとき，西洋人への価値剝奪的な呼称が生まれる。条約改正のころ西洋人は〈赤鬢奴（あかびんやつこ）〉〈怪物〉〈獣〉であり，太平洋戦争下では〈鬼畜米英〉であった。　日本近代を通じて西洋人が〈外国人〉になる過程は，同時にアジアの人々が〈外国人〉の圏外へ追放される過程でもあった。…

※「赤鬢奴」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典｜株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第２版について | 情報