Ishikawa Sanshirō
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Sanshirō Ishikawa | |
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Born | May 23, 1876 |
Died | November 28, 1956 | (aged 80)
Sanshirō Ishikawa (石川三四郎, 1876–1956) was a Japanese Christian,
Political career
Involvement with Heimin Shinbun
Graduating from what is now
In November 1905, after the end of the Russo-Japanese War, the Heimin-sha dissolved itself. In its wake, the socialist movement fractured into Christian and materialist factions. The former, led by figures including Ishikawa, Abe Isoo, and Kinoshita Naoe, formed the Shinkigen-sha group and its associated newspaper, Shinkigen. Materialists, including Kōtoku, created the Bonjinsha group and readily attacked Christianity.[5] The divided anarchist movement reunited once more when Ishikawa agreed, after much persuasion, to support the publication of a new Heimin Shinbun newspaper in 1907, alongside Kōtoku. However, the newspaper would only last for three months, from January to April.[6]
The rift within the socialist movement between Christians and materialists was promptly replaced with a divide between advocates of a parliamentary approach and advocates of direct action. Ishikawa believed that engaging in constitutional politics was useless, and refused to participate in the Japan Socialist Party.[7] He was imprisoned from 1907-8 for publishing pro-direct action speeches made by Kōtoku Shūsui in the Heimin Shinbun,[8] and was jailed once more in 1910.[9]
After the High Treason Incident
Due to his imprisonment, he evaded the persecution of the
In 1926, Ishikawa helped to found Zenkoku Jiren, a federation of syndicalist unions. However, a widening dispute emerged between advocates of 'pure' anarchism (
After WW2
After the war, Ishikawa wrote Japan 50 Years Later, envisioning Japanese society after an anarchist revolution. In this work, he advocated a
Notes
- ^ a b c Bowen Raddeker 2009.
- ^ a b c Nelson 2009.
- ISBN 978-0-521-52719-4. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ Elison 1967, p. 445.
- ^ Elison 1967, p. 448.
- ^ Elison 1967, p. 459.
- ^ Schnick 1995, p. 8.
- ^ Schnick 1995, pp. 10, 12.
- ^ a b Crump 1993, p. 31.
- ^ Tsuzuki 1970, p. 504.
- ^ Crump 1993, p. 206.
- ^ Marshall 1993, p. 525.
- ^ Crump 1993, pp. 96–97.
- ^ Tsuzuki 1970, pp. 505–506.
References
- Bowen Raddeker, Hélène (2009). "Anarchism, Japan". In Ness, I. (ed.). The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. pp. 1–3. ISBN 978-1-4051-8464-9.
- Crump, John (1993). Hatta Shūzō and Pure Anarchism in Interwar Japan. New York: St. Martin's Press.
- Elison, George (1967). "Kōtoku Shūsui: The Change in Thought". Monumenta Nipponica. 22 (3/4): 437–467. JSTOR 2383076.
- Marshall, Peter (1993). Demanding the Impossible: a History of Anarchism. London: Fontana Press (published 1992).
- Nelson, David G. (2009). "Ishikawa Sanshirō (1876–1956)". In Ness, I. (ed.). The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-4051-8464-9.
- Schnick, Daniel William (1995), Walking the Thin Line: Ishikawa Sanshirō and Japanese Anarchism, University of British Columbia
- Tsuzuki, Chushichi (1970). "Anarchism in Japan". Government and Opposition. 5 (4): 501–522. S2CID 144716648.