The Greater East Asia Union Theory

Japanese: 大東合邦論 - だいとうがっぽうろん

A book written by Tarui Tokichi. This book was originally written in Japanese in 1885, but the manuscript was lost due to his involvement in the Osaka Incident, so it was rewritten in classical Chinese and published in 1893. The author's name on the first edition was Morimoto Tokichi. The gist of the book was "to unite Japan and Korea into one nation," because Japan, which values harmony, and Korea, which values benevolence, have a close relationship. The method to achieve this was an equal union, in which "each nation's government of autonomy and self-governance should be brought back to equality." Tarui also advocated union with China, but did not consider union itself.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

樽井藤吉の著書。本書は1885年に一度日本語で書かれたが，大阪事件に連座して稿を失い，改めて漢文で書かれて93年に刊行された。初版の著者名は森本藤吉となっている。その主旨は〈日韓両国をして一合邦たらしむるに在り〉，和を貴ぶ日本と仁を重んずる朝鮮とは親密の情にあるからであるという。その方法は〈各邦の自主自治の政をして，均平に帰せしむるに在り〉という対等合邦であった。また，樽井は中国との合従は説いたものの合邦は考えていなかった。

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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