Exploration of Jyun Takami's Southern Works--- Comparison With Jyun Takami's Dairies (2)---

In Japan's modern history of the Southern trend, many writers and scholars headed to the South and left lots of works and records associated with the South. Writer Jyun Takami was one of them. He had two trips to the Southeast Asia in the Showa generation, the first trip to Dutch East Indies with his friend Syounosuke Mikumo from January to May, the 16th year of the Showa Generation. The second trip was to Myanmar for 1 years of military life as a dispatched writer from December, the 16th year to January, the 18th year of Showa Generation. During the period of conscription, Jyun Takami wrote lots of works such as “Burma Note”, “Miscellaneous Notes of Burma”, and “the Impression of Burma”.
Using Takami's associated works which were written during the period of conscription as the discussion topic, this paper, on the back of the prevailing era, will compare Takami's published works with his private diaries and analyze the discourse about the South in his works.