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Darwinism in Japan, 1877–1927

Pages 93-102 | Received 10 Jun 1980, Published online: 22 Aug 2006

References

  • Gulick , Addison . 1932 . Evolutionist and missionary John Thomas Gulick 391 – 392 . Chicago
  • Masao Watanabe and Yoko Ose made a quantitative analysis of three major periodicals in Japan in those days, indicating that Darwinism was most frequently treated in the Rikugō Zasshi. See their General academic trend and the evolution theory in late nineteenth century Japan Japanese studies in the history of science 1968 7 129 141
  • Kato , Hiroyuki . 1870 . Shinsei Taii , Tokyo : Kokuzanro . and Kokutai Shinron (Kokuzanro, Tokyo, 1874).
  • Oka , A. 1904 . Shinkaron Kowa , Tokyo : Kaiseikan .
  • 1920 . ‘Disillusion of taxonomists’ was published in a journal . Rigakkai , 17 (‘Scientific circle’) nos. 9–11, and was reprinted in the Complete works of Yamamoto, vol. 1 (Chobunsha, Tokyo, 1979), 23–45.
  • ‘A genuine biology instead of natural history’ was published in a newspaper, the Osaka Mainichi, 19 November, 1920, being reprinted in the Complete works 1979 1 19 21 (ibid.)
  • Yamamoto's textbook for his lecture at Doshisha University was published as Jinsei Seibutsu-gaku Shōin (‘An introduction to the biology of human life’) in 1921; it was used for several years. It was reprinted in the Complete works 1979 1 47 140
  • ‘A statistical research on sexual behavior in the Japanese human male by Yamamoto was published in a meeting of the Kyoto Medical Association in 1923, being printed in Kyoto Igaku Zasshi 1923 20 10 (‘Kyoto medical journal’) It was reprinted in the Complete works, vol. 1 (1979), 189–194.
  • Yamamoto's translation was entitled Sensō-shinka no Seibutsugaku-teki Hihan (‘The biological criticism of the evolution of war’). It was published by Naigai shuppan-sha, Kyoto, in 1922 with a preface by A. Einstein, who incidentally visited Kyoto in his tour of Japan. It was the first half of Nicolai's G.F. Biologie des Krieges Orell Füssli Zürich 1919 After six years Yamamoto resumed his translation, which was terminated by his death. Yamamoto, who had been a member of Parliament of the Labourer-Peasant Party since 1928, was assassinated by a rightist in 1929. After his death, the translation was completed by Tokutaro Yasuda, and was published as volume 2 of the Complete works of Yamamoto (Rogosusha, Tokyo, 1929). It was reprinted in the new Complete works, vol. 4 (Chobunsha, Tokyo, 1979).
  • The Seibutsu, Jinrui was published in a book form as one of the proletariat free university series. It was reprinted in the Complete works 1979 1 381 407
  • ‘Evolution of an electric car’ was published as a part of ‘Biology of an electric car’ in Kaihō (‘Liberation’) (August, 1923), being reprinted in the Complete works 1979 5 224 239
  • Shuji Izawa (1851–1917) and Senzaburo Kzu (1852–1897) were closely related in their works. They were born in the same prefecture, Nagano studying in America for the same period. After returning home, they translated Huxley and Darwin respectively. After that, however, they did not work on Darwinism, but became founders of musical education in Japan.

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