Pacifism in Japan
The Christian and Socialist Tradition
Edited by Nobuya Bamba and John F. Howes
UBC Press
Pacifism in Japan contains eight essays which deal, amongother things, with such outstanding figures as Uchimura Kanzo andKagawa Toyohiko. It is an important contribution to the understandingof the pacifist tradition in Japan and shows its development since theend of the nineteenth century. It will be of interest not only to thespecialist in Japanese studies, but also to those concerned with warand peace in the modern world.
Nobuya Bamba (editor) specializes in Japanesediplomatic and intellectual history; formerly at McGill University, heis now a professor at Tsuda College, Tokyo. John Howes(editor) teaches Japanese history at the University of BritishColumbia.
Foreword / Robert N. Bellah
War and Peace in Modern Japan
Preface
Japanese Personal Names
Contributors Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: The Setting for Japan's Pacifism
2. Kitamura Tokoku: His Pursuit of Freedom and World Peace /Nobuya Bamba
3. Kinoshita Naoe: Pacifism and Religious Withdrawal / TakeshiNishida 4. Uchimura Kanzo: The Bible and War / John F.Howes
5. Kotoku Shusui: His Socialism and Pacifism / Masamichi Asukai 6.Abe Isoo: The Utility Man / Cyril H. Powles
7. Kagawa Toyohiko: A Pacifist? / Yuzo Ota
8. Yanaihara Tadao: Disciple of Uchimura Kanzo and Nitobe Inazo /Wakao Fujita
9. Tabata Shinobu: Defender of the Peace Constitution / KatsumiUeda
10. Conclusion: Japanese Society and the Pacifist
Notes
Index
