In the late 19th century when Japan set to work on its modern state building, there existed two roads for it. It finally chose the way of Large Nation Theory and Big Japanism, and since then, has repeated incessant conflict and war with its neighboring nations until now. On the other hand, the way of Small Nation Theory and Little Japanism has emerged as a anti-thesis whenever Big Nation Theory and Large Japanism were asserted. Its advocates appeared continually; Yokoi Shonan of the Edo period, Ueki Emory, Nakae Chomin, Uchimura Kanho, Kotoku Shusui in the Meji period, Miura Tetsutaro, Ishibashi Tanzan in the Taisho period. However, Small Nation Theory and Little Japanism were not necessarily linked with national and world peace. Some ideas of the above-mentioned theorists showed internal contradictions, cracks, and ideological limits, and were even inclined toward Big Nation Theory and Large Japanism. In this paper, I consider Asianism as a catalysis, which made it possible for Small Nation Theory and Little Japanism to come close to Big Nation Theory and Large Japanism. And a turning-point, which changed horizontal Asia solidarity theory into non-horizontal or Japan-leading Asia solidarity, was made through Asianism, where Small Nation Theory and Little Japanism would mingle with Big Nation Theory and Large Japanism. Another point to be focused in this paper is that Small Nation Theory and Little Japanism were not a same concept, so it should be used distinctively. As it traces the development of Small Nation Theory and Little Japanism of modern Japan, the paper examines the frustration and limitation of the two theories.
Ⅰ. 머리말 Ⅱ. 근대 일본의 초기 국가구상과 두 갈래 길 Ⅲ. 자유민권파의 소국주의 1. 우에키 에모리⋅나카에 조민의 소국주의 2. 소국주의와 아시아주의의 길항과 교착, 그리고 대국주의와의 링크 Ⅳ. 자유경제파의 소일본주의 1. 미우라 데쓰지로⋅이시바시 단잔의 소일본주의 2. 소일본주의의 한계 Ⅴ 맺음말 : 소일본주의를 넘어서 【參考文獻】 <要旨>