Talk:Kanzō Uchiyama

I gained better sources
http://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/bitstream/handle/2152/21814/KATO-DISSERTATION-2013.pdf?sequence=1 showcases Uchiyama showcasing his disdain for the military. But on Beyond Brushtalk: Sino-Japanese Literary Exchange in the Interwar Period By Christopher T. Keaveney Page 41 When confronted with anti-Japanese reactions to Japanese imperialism in China in the 1920s and 1930s, Uchiyama all too often tended to regard the events as a nuisance that upset the balance of life in Shanghai rather than to condemn the Japanese aggression which gave rise to those circumstances. Considering Beyond Brushtalk is a published work, it had to be evaluated by experts before it got published. That's why I took it out. If you find the dissertation reliable, here are the things I deleted.

Uchiyama's wife died in 1945, the same year Japan surrendered to the Allies. All Japanese stores were closed in Shanghai following the end of the war by the KMT, including Uchiyama's. He was deported back to Japan. He started the Japanese-China Friendship Society whose goals was to mend the relationship with China, and Japan. He married Masano, his wife's friend, in 1950. When Miki was still alive, she had saved Masano from suicide with a bible and hymnbook in hand.

Because researchers from such organizations as the Ministry of Finance needed permission from the Japanese military in order to gain access to various parts of Shanghai, officially they were the military's civilian personnel. When Kaheita Okazaki, who was in charge of investigating Shanghai's financial exchange sector for the Bank of Japan came to Uchiyama's way, Uchiyama ended up lecturing to these civilian personnel; "what the military does is wrong - aren't you guys basically working for the military?"

In 1937, Masamitsu Nakanishi, one of the Nakanishi brothers from Uchiyama's home prefecture of Okayama, bumped into an old junior high school friend who was a lieutenant in the military. The lieutenant friend of his owed Masamitsu 200 yen, so the lieutenant decides to pay with "Sun Yat-sen's" death mask which he had found while he was at one of the mausoleums in Beijing. Uchiyama would reply "how stupid of you! It's because there are Japanese like you that this war becomes so stupid. Don't you all know who Sun Yat-sen is? He is China's founding father. Seven million Chinese saw him as the leader of the people. Of all things possible, a Japanese officer steals if from a sacred mausoleum and is trying to sell it in lieu of his drinking money. Aren't you ashamed of yourselves?"

repositories.lib.utexas.edu/bitstream/handle/2152/21814/KATO-DISSERTATION-2013.pdf?sequence=1 Military PoliceAs the Japanese military presence in Shanghai became prominent, Uchiyamacould not avoid having contact withkempeitai,the military police. The Japanese navalbrigade was located right next to Uchiyamabookstore with 2,000 officers.He rescuedXia Mianxun and Zhang Xichen from the Kaiming Press as well as Lu Xun’s wife XuGuangping from thekempeitaiin 1941. Some of the Japanese residents had formed a “self-defense force” in order to findChinese guerilla fighters whom theyhanded over tothe Naval Special Landing Forces.36Uchiyama wrote on his business cards,“I guarantee that this person is one of myacquaintances” to assist his Chinese friends travel across to the safer zones.37Just bychance, Uchiyama sawLuXun’s brotherZhou Jianren and his familybeing taken awayby the self-defense forces and the officers of the Naval Special Landing Forces in front ofhis store. Hequickly reasoned with the army officer to release them.38In the afternoon ofJanuary 30th,the two Zhou families took refuge on the second floor of Uchiyama’s

Early life
Kanzo Uchiyama was born in 1885, as the son of a village chief. He was a rebel in school, writing graffiti on the blackboard, and ganging up against the teacher. Uchiyama never finished elementary school as his family wished he be a merchant. At age 12, he was sent to become an apprentice in the merchant city of Osaka, becoming drawn to gourmet food scene there. Due to the price of his food habit, he was fired for stealing when he was 16 to support his habit. His family severed all ties with him. For the next ten years he supported himself through menial jobs.

Life in the Christian Church
He converted to Christianity, highly influenced by his encounter with M.L Gordon from the American Mission. Uchiyama went to church every Sunday, and lived a strict Christian lifestyle.

Early life in Shanghai, and the Uchiyama Bookstore
Kanzo moved to Shanghai with his wife, Miki, shortly after they were married in March of 1916. He first established the bookstore in 1917 on North Sichuan Road at a different address from the one where the store would later prosper from 1929 to 1945, on the north side of the International Settlement in Hongkou (known informally as the Japanese Concession) at the end of North Sichuan Road, a bustling commercial street. Kanzo and Lu Xun first met in the original bookstore in October of 1927, and their friendship continued until Lu Xun’s death nearly ten years later. (Greg723 (talk) 05:52, 5 February 2014 (UTC))

What I found...
About Uchiyama, I don't think he should be on Japanese resistance to the Empire of Japan. it says on http://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/bitstream/handle/2152/21814/KATO-DISSERTATION-2013.pdf?sequence=1 showcases Uchiyama showcasing his disdain for the military. But on Beyond Brushtalk: Sino-Japanese Literary Exchange in the Interwar Period By Christopher T. Keaveney Page 41 but n Beyond Brushtalk: Sino-Japanese Literary Exchange in the Interwar Period By Christopher T. Keaveney Page 41 When confronted with anti-Japanese reactions to Japanese imperialism in China in the 1920s and 1930s, Uchiyama all too often tended to regard the events as a nuisance that upset the balance of life in Shanghai rather than to condemn the Japanese aggression which gave rise to those circumstances. Considering Beyond Brushtalk is a published work, it had to be evaluated by experts before it got published.

That's why I took it out. If you find the dissertation reliable, here are the things I deleted. , but Uchiyama should be in the see also section due to his connections to revolutionaries of the era such as Lu Xun, Tian Han, who wrote a chinese anthem that showcases resistance against Japan, and Kaji Wataru, who started the "Japanese People's Anti war alliance, during WWII.(Greg723 (talk) 06:21, 5 February 2014 (UTC))


 * ✅ Pasting a whole load of text here just makes it harder to figure out what you are trying to say, but I would agree that the dissertation probably does not constitute a reliable source, so might best be deleted. --DAJF (talk) 07:01, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Help in deleting any paraphrasing and duplication of any text from sources/links in the article
Need help. Will avoid copywriting. (Greg723 (talk) 06:57, 18 June 2014 (UTC)).