gelbe Gefahr (English spelling) gelbeGefahr

Japanese: gelbe Gefahr(英語表記)gelbeGefahr
gelbe Gefahr (English spelling) gelbeGefahr

...A theory that arose in Europe that the yellow race would soon bring disaster to the world, and is a translation of the terms yellow peril (danger, terror), gelbe Gefahr, péril jaune, etc. The earliest was the German Emperor Wilhelm II, who commissioned the painter H. Knackfuss (1848-1915) to paint the so-called "Yellow Peril Picture" and sent it to the Russian Emperor Nicholas II, after which the Yellow Peril theory became an issue in Europe.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "gelbe Gefahr" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…黄色人種がやがて世界に災禍をもたらすであろう,というヨーロッパで起こった説で,yellow peril(danger,terror),gelbe Gefahr,péril jauneなどの訳語。もっとも早いのはドイツ皇帝ウィルヘルム2世で,彼が画家クナックフスH.Knackfuss(1848‐1915)にいわゆる〈黄禍の図〉を描かせ,それをロシア皇帝ニコライ2世に送ってから,黄禍論はヨーロッパにおいて問題となった。…

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