Tag: Japanese colonialism*
-
Schools and Culture: Japanese Influence on Taiwan
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M180 Creator: Jonathan Fan ’23 Physics In 1895, the Japanese defeated the Chinese in the Sino-Japanese War. As a result, China gave Japan Taiwan as a colony for its loss. During its time of colonization, Taiwan had one of the best relationships with its colonizer compared to the others. It was only after…
-
South Korea Comfort Women
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M163 Creator: Latvia Mccowan ’21 East Asian Studies This map shows the placement, movement, and after effects of the Japanese Imperial Army’s “Comfort Women” in South Korea. Comfort women is a term used for the women of various countries that were forced into sex slavery and prostitution by the Japanese army. This…
-
South Korea Education and Religion
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M153 Creator: Esther Ben Ami ’22 Psychology From 1910-1945, the Japanese colonial administration in the Korean peninsula concentrated their sphere of influence between education and religious institutions. During Japanese occupation, Shinto shrines were built all over the Korean Peninsula. Along with the physical presence of Shinto shrines, Shintoism interacted with the school…