The lower class of Japan

Japanese: 日本之下層社会 - にほんのかそうしゃかい
The lower class of Japan

This book was written by Yokoyama Gennosuke and was published by Kyobunkan in 1899 (Meiji 32) as a record of the actual living conditions of Japanese society at the end of the 19th century, based on field surveys of various parts of the country, starting with Kiryu, Ashikaga, and Toyama in 1896, Osaka and Kobe in 1897, and ending with Tokyo in 1898. It vividly depicts the concrete lives of the "middle class" and below in five parts covering the poor, artisan communities, handicrafts, machine factories, and tenant farmers. An appendix is ​​included on social movements in Japan. This book, which lumps down to ironworks as a whole as the lower class and touches on the conditions of local and family life, became a major reference for discussing the living problems of Japanese society in the early modern period, especially urban society. It was included in the Iwanami Bunko series in 1949 (Showa 24), and a revised edition of the same series was published in 1985. It is also included in the Complete Works of Yokoyama Gennosuke, Volume 1 (published by Hosei University Press).

[Kiyoshi Nakagawa]

"Yokkayama Gennosuke: A Critical Biography - The Social Base, Literature, and the Labor Movement" by Yuichi Tachibana (1979, Sojusha)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

19世紀末の日本社会の生活実態を現地調査によって記録した著作。著者は横山源之助で、1899年(明治32)に教文館から出版された。1896年の桐生、足利、富山に始まり、翌1897年の大阪、神戸、さらに1898年の東京で終わる全国各地の実態調査に基づいて、「中流」以下の生活の具体像を、貧民、職人社会、手工業、機械工場、小作人からなる5編の構成で生き生きと描き出した。付録として日本の社会運動を収める。貧民窟(ひんみんくつ)から鉄工場までを一括して下層社会と把握し、地域や家族生活の状況にまで言及した本書は、近代初頭の日本社会、とくに都市社会の生活問題を論じる場合の大きなよりどころとなった。1949年(昭和24)に岩波文庫に収録され、1985年には同文庫の改版が発行された。『横山源之助全集』別巻1(法政大学出版局刊)にも所収。

[中川 清]

『立花雄一著『評伝横山源之助――底辺社会・文学・労働運動』(1979・創樹社)』

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