Abstract
This study tries to investigate the distribution of children’s reading culture in Japanese colonial Taiwan, based on the change and development of social system under the colonial situation, lifestyle and reading space in Taiwan, 1910-1930. Furthermore, the study tries to explore the thinking pattern of participants for children cultural movement in Japanese colonial period through the children’s magazines that was published during Japanese colonial period Taiwan. I use reading culture history method to realize children’s reading culture in Japanese colonial period, especially the method of “writer, contents and reader” from Robert Escarpit: “Sociologie de la litterature”. At first, this study tries to realize potential readers of children literature through the process of summarizing the educational history in Taiwan, including literacy of Japanese language, percentage of school attendance, public policy for school education and other important social indicators. Secondly, this study tries to investigate the thinking pattern of participants who participated children's cultural movement in Japanese colonial period Taiwan. I reviewed historical dates, for example, educational journal “Daiichi-Kyoiku”, which was published in 1923. As for my research, there are many types of writers in children’s magazines, including elementary school teacher, the staff of governor and professional soldier. Reading culture among the children in Taiwan originated from the social structure and "the attitude for children" under the Japanese colonial rule. Then, through comparative study of the children magazine which was published Taiwan and Japan, explore the unique constitute of children magazine in Taiwan. At last, in the viewing angle of reading history, examine reading space among Taiwanese children.