日本人游记中的近代重庆

近代以来,前往重庆的日本人日益增多.他们对重庆的风土人情以及社会状况进行实地考察,撰写了不少旅行游记.这些游记的作者,既有外交官员、实业家,也有僧侣和普通教师.不论他们出于何种目的来到重庆,但都是站在维护和扩大日本本国利益的立场,对中国内陆进行观察与想象的.通过解读这些游记作品,不仅能够再现近代重庆地区的社会生活状况,而且可以了解近代日本人对于民族、文化的差异对立的思考与阐释.

Epitome of the Declined Empire: Modern Chongqing in Japanese Travel Notes

Chongqing has attracted more and more travelers from Japan since modern times.Quite a few notes have been taken on Chongqing's local customs and social conditions upon their visits.The authors include diplomats, industrialists, monks and ordinary teachers.They came to Chongqing for all intents and purposes;however, they seemed to have conducted observations and imaginations about the inner China from a standpoint of Japanese national interests.Understanding these notes allows to reproduce social life in modern Chongqing as well as to have an insight into how modern Japanese consider and interpret national and cultural difference.