“旧惯温存”——日据冲绳初期统治方式研究

The Study of the Japanese Colonial Rule of Okinawa in the Early Period of Occupation

日本强行吞并琉球,拉开了其近代领土扩张的序幕。日本对琉球吞并的非法性,不仅体现在"琉球处分"的过程中,更体现于其后对冲绳当地人民的残酷剥削和压迫上。从政治史的维度考察日本占领冲绳后在当地的施政情况,能更深层地了解日本的殖民统治。日本统治者为了使对冲绳的掠夺不受本国法律束缚,利用"旧惯温存"的统治手段,通过保留琉球王国时期的封建积习以延缓当地的近代化进程。"旧惯温存"暴露了日本在冲绳推行殖民统治的本质所在。日本在冲绳的殖民统治表明,其所谓的"国民统一",正是日本对外侵略的第一步。

The Japan＇ s annexation of Okinawa was the prelude to its territorial expansion in modern time. The absence of legitimacy of the annexation was demonstrated in the process of ＂Ryukyu annexation＂ as well as Japanese cruel oppression against Okinawa people. The investigation of Japanese governance in Okinawa serves as a way of the better understanding of Japanese colonial rule. In order to prevent from being restricted by the domestic laws, Japanese colonial authorities in Okinawa implememted the policies in a way of preserving the tradition and customs, delaying the modernization of Okinawa by retaining the long - standing local feudalism. The policy adopted in Japanese colonial rule of Okinawa reflected the intrinsic characteristics of Japanese colonial system, revealling that Japanese ＂national unification＂ in the history was factually the beginning step of its overseas invasion.