...The fact that it lasted for a period of 10 years was largely due to the fluidity of the domestic political situation and the tense international environment between Japan and China. Immediately after the Ryukyu Disposition, the Meiji government had been conducting secret diplomatic negotiations (negotiations for the partition of the islands) to cede Miyako and Yaeyama in exchange for domestic trade rights in China. The early Meiji government considered securing the independence of the Japanese people to be an important issue, and its foreign policy of trying to rank on an equal footing with Western countries was to establish and expand national sovereignty. *Some of the terms used in the "island partition negotiations" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…それが10年という期間にわたっていることは,国内の政治状況が流動的であり,日清の国際環境が緊張していたことに大きく規定されている。琉球処分の直後から,明治政府は清国の国内の通商権と引換えに宮古・八重山を割譲するという内容の秘密外交交渉(改約分島交渉)を進めていた。初期明治政権が日本民族の独立確保を重要な課題として,欧米諸国に対等に伍そうとする外交政策は,国権を確立しその伸張をはかることにあった。… ※「改約分島交渉」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 |
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