金子光晴的南洋放浪體驗──以《馬來蘭印紀行》為探討中心

Mitsuharu Kaneko's Experience of Wandering the South Seas-Take The Trip in Malaysia and Dutch East Indies as the Core of Exploration-

日本近代南洋文學的形成可追溯至明治、大正時期。在當時的南方熱潮之中，許多的作家前往南洋旅遊，寫下大量的南洋相關作品。然而，如同岡谷公二所言，除了以徵用作家的特殊身分隨軍前往南洋的作家之外，這些在當時前往南洋並撰寫南洋故事的文人們大多都只是「一時性」的停留在南洋，他們是否回到內地、或者又何時想回到內地完全取決於本人的意志。因此這些文人作家們，大多是以「旅人之眼」來看待並描繪他們眼中的南洋風物。金子光晴也是日本近代與南洋相關的作家之一。然而，光晴的南洋體驗卻與一般的旅行者作家有所不同。他在南洋輾轉流離於當地在留日人經營的礦山、橡膠園等地賺取旅費，嚐盡放浪生活之苦。本稿將藉由分析金子光晴的《馬來蘭印紀行》等南洋相關作品，從另一種視點來探討日本近代的南洋文學。

The formation of modern literature about the South Seas can be traced back to the Meiji Era and the Taisho Era. Under the Southern boom, many literary works related to the South Seas were written by writers who went to the South. However, as pointed out by Koji Okaya, except those who went to the South Seas as conscripted writers, most writers who went there and wrote stories related to the South Seas just stayed in the South temporarily. Whether they returned to Japan or when they decided to return depended on their personal wills. As such, those writers mostly saw the South Seas and described the Sothern scenery and figures in the eyes of travelers. Mitsuharu Kaneko is also one of the writers related to the South Seas in the modern Japanese history. However, his experience in the South Seas is different from other writers. Mitsuharu wandered across many places such as mines and rubber plantations managed by Japanese expatriates to earn travel expenses, and therefore suffered from his wandering life. This paper will analyze Mitsuharu Kaneko's works related to the South Seas, such as 'The Trip in Malaysia and Dutch East Indies', to explore the Southern literature in the modern Japanese history from another viewpoint.