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Let’s read newspaper-Contents of The Taiwan Shinminpo and Kounan Shinbun

Publication date: 04 Jul 2022
Author: Lee Yi-ling |Staff member of the Archives of Institute of Taiwan History

The Taiwan Minpao, The Taiwan Shinminpo and the subsequent Kounan Shinbun (Kounan News) constituted the newspaper series published between April 1923 and March 1944. However, surviving copies of the daily published since 1932 were few. In view of the importance of this newspaper series, the Institute of Taiwan History began gathering remaining copies both in Taiwan and abroad, and discovered an exclusive collection of The Taiwan Shinminpo (1938-1941). The newspapers carried diverse contents, including political and economic affairs, local news, arts and new knowledge, which are rare and precious historical materials for research on Taiwan history during World War II.

Reviewing the daily newspapers published since April 1932, this article attempts to elucidate the layout format and language use as well as main contents and subject matters covered in the columns. Moreover, it further analyzes the particularity and variations in choice of contents as time evolved and the environment changed. This article provides an in-depth introduction to this newspaper of the Taiwanese, and invites you to read the newspaper and revisit major and minor happenings of Taiwan past.

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Rare Books Stored by Taiwan Government-General Taipei High School Library has Released
2019-11-13

Founded in 1922, Taiwan Government-General Taipei High School had undergone several changes of name and administration. In 1949, since the Koumingtang Government took over Taiwan,” Taiwan Provincial Teachers College” replaced the original name and received about 20,000 old books from the previous library. In 1967, it was reorganized as National Taiwan Normal University. In order to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the establishment of Taipei High School, the library of National Taiwan Normal University and the Graduate Institute of Taiwan History collaboratively published The Library Catalog of Taipei High School. Based on Taipei High School Library Classification, about 8,000 Japanese old books are categorized into the following subjects: general works, philosophy, religion, social science, language, science, technology, arts, literature, and history.

In August, 2013, Center for Digital Cultures of Academia Sinica collaborated with the library of National Taiwan Normal University to scanned about 1,000 old books. The Archives of the Institute of Taiwan History was responsible for cataloging the books and opening the digital records to the public. In the digitized items, a large proportion of books are in history, followed by the discipline of social science. The catalog is open to the public in Taiwan Archival Information System. According to the Copyright Act, some records can be viewed online and some can only be viewed in the Archives Reading Room.


Figure 1: National Parks in Taiwan: Special Issue
Source: Identifier: T1006_10_03_068, Taiwan Archival Information System.
According to Taipei High School Library Classification, this book belongs to the Japanese history discipline. It was edited by Sasaki Syunichi and published by the Forest Association of Taiwan on July 27, 1936. National Parks in Taiwan: Special Issue includes “The Glacier Problem and Mount Sylvia” written by Kano Tadao, “Several Expectations of National Parks” written by Matsuura Sakujiro, and “A Dream of Datun Mountain National Park” written by Tanigawa Umendo.


Figure 2: The Taiwanese National Movement
Source: Identifier: T1006_04_01_007, Taiwan Archival Information System.
According to Taipei High School Library Classification, this book belongs to the discipline of Social Science. It was written by Izumi Furo and published by Taiwan Publishing Company on December 18, 1928. The content of the book includes Taiwanese Nationalism, Taiwanese and the Rule of Governor-General, People’s Movements in Taiwan, Controversial Groups in Taiwan, and the Controversial Issues of the Nilin Peasant Movement.

 


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