human rights

Japanese: human rights(英語表記)humanrights
human rights


[History of human rights in Japan]
The terms "human rights" and "fundamental human rights" are not native Japanese words. Apart from appearing in the civil rights movement of the early Meiji period, these terms became popular after World War II as translations of "human rights" and "fundamental human rights." However, it cannot be denied that there was some idea of ​​human rights mediated by the right to life, such as religious freedom and the idea of ​​human equality, latent in Buddhist thought and in the thought of early modern townspeople and farmers.

*Some explanations of terms that refer to "human rights" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[日本における人権の歴史]
 人権とか基本的人権という言葉は固有の日本語ではない。明治初期の民権運動においてあらわれたほかは,human rights,fundamental human rightsの訳語として,第2次世界大戦後普及した言葉である。しかし,仏教思想や近世の町人,農民思想には,わずかながらも信教の自由,人間平等の観念または生存権に媒介される人権の理念が潜んでいたことは否定できない。…

※「human rights」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。

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