Author: -
Date: June 19, 1939
File: Operation Overview in the latter half of 1938
Location: Hainan (China)
Keywords: Overseas travel
Annotation by Hye-in Han, Ph.D. Researcher, Asia Peace and History Institute
Image link: http://wam-peace.org/ianfu-koubunsho/pdf/M-PDF/J_tw_023.pdf
ANNOTATION
This document appears to have been created by the Taitaku (Taiwan Development Co., Ltd.) which was a colonial company in Taiwan in charge of such matters as immigration. It seems that the document was reported to the Japanese military authority or the Government-General in Taiwan.
This document contains a list of the names of 20 “comfort women” travelled to Hainan (in connection with the Taitaku) under the title of “Comfort Corps,” and it includes their surnames, addresses, dates of birth, ages, and their status. This is an indication that “comfort women” were transported in groups in an organized manner, and it demonstrates that the Taitaku was involved in the mobilization of “comfort women,” which further indicates that not only individual brokers but also colonial governments were involved in creating the comfort station system.
Sources:
WAM Collection (J_tw_023)
Sourcebook by Delan Chu (朱德蘭), p. 93-121
#transportation #Taitaku #name_list #Taiwan
QUESTIONS FOR STUDENTS
Explain the following words to your students before asking them to read the annotation:
- broker: a person who buys and sells goods or assets for others
After reading the annotation, please answer the following questions:
1. What kind of document is this?
2. Who wrote it?
3. What is Taitaku?
4. What year was it created?
5. What was the historical context in East Asia during the time?
6. Where was it created?
7. What's the title of the document? What does the title tell you?
8. Who's the audience of the document?
9. What's the main idea of this document?
10. Based on the annotation, who were involved in the mobilization of "comfort women?"
11. Does the document tell you information of the 20 "comfort women?" What does that tell you?
12. The "comfort women" deniers tend to claim that the government of military bears no legal or official responsibility for the "comfort women" victims. Based on this document, do you think the claim is defendable? Why or why not?
13. What other questions do you have for this document?
14. How/Where can you find the answers?
*Questions for Students section was designed by Jing Williams, Associate Professor of Social Studies Education at University of South Dakota.