佩里来航事件与近代日本语言政策转变的关系

A Study on the Relationship between Perry Expedition and National Language Policy in Modern Japan

1853年的佩里来航,给日本社会带了前所未有的恐慌。第二年,《日美和亲条约》的签订标志着日本持续了近两百年的锁国时代就此结束。从此,为了与西方列强保持平等的关系,建立一个近代国家,日本政府开始积极学习和效仿西方的「一国、一民、一语」原则,大力推行国语统一的政策。可以说,此次佩里来航事件的发生极大地刺激了日本人的民族意识,为日后的民族认同以及国家认同打下了基础。

Perry Expedition in 1853, brought various influences on Japanese society. In second years, ＂Convention of Kanagawa＂ signed marks Japan lasted nearly two hundred years of Sakoku, era ended. Since then, in order to maintain the equal relations with the Western powers, the establishment of a modem country, the Japanese government began to actively study and emulate the western ＂one country, one people, one language＂ principle, vigorously promote the national language policy. In this sense, the transformation of Perry Expedition with the Japanese language policy has a direct relationship