Z표상의 변천에 관한 연구

A Study on the Transition of Z-Representation - Focusing on Wartime and Post-war Media Contents

本研究では、明治·昭和戦時の流行軍歌·軍国歌謡、アニメーションなどでの「Z」の表象が社会文化の中でいかに表出されているかを明らかにし、これがどのようなインプリケーションを持っており、どのような言語コードツールとして神話·イデオロギー化され変遷されたかについて究明することを目的としている。 「Z」は、朝鮮半島の占領を巡る日露戦争-対馬沖海戦で導入され始めた。(1)明治時代には、「英雄」、「軍神」、「決戦」、「勝利」、「神国思想を根幹とした国家主義·帝国主義」を表象する神話·イデオロギーのインプリケーションが現れていたと言える。(2)昭和時代には、田中智学の超国家主義に基づいた政府の大東亜共栄圏の政策スローガンが「桃太郎海鷲」のアニメーションに注入され、「英雄」、「軍神」、「決戦」、「勝利」、「神国思想をベースとした超国家主義」へと拡大された神話·イデオロギー的言語コードとして活用されたと言える。 これは大衆文化に影響を与える神話現象·大衆文化を主導する現象であると言えるが、社会全体に自然に収容され現れた一種のイデオロギーであり、かつ社会的通念がまさに「Z」に発現されていると言えるだろう。

This study aims at first, clarifying how the representation of Z is expressed in social culture in wartime and post-war popular music, animation, and advertisement; second, exploring what the Z implies and what myth and ideology it represents. The Z began being used in the battle of Tsushima, fought over the occupation of the Korean Peninsula and appeared in the Meiji era as hero, god of war, victory, and nationalism and imperialism based on the concept of the thoughts of Shinkoku. In the Showa era, the Z appeared as an implication of myth and ideology, which represented the transnationalism based on the concept of the thoughts of Shinkoku as the government s policy slogan of Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere based on the transnationalism of Tanaka Jigaku was injected into the animation of Momotaro Sea Eagle. In the post-war period, with the exception of the Honda Z car, the Z represented, similar to the wartime era, a symbol of hero, god of war, victory, and the transnationalism based on the concept of the thoughts of Shinkoku, as illustrated in the Mazinger Z, Mobile Suit Z Gundam, Dragon Ball Z, My Fair Lady (Nissan sports car), and Momoiro Clover Z (idol group). In the case of vehicle products, it was also used as an implication of the image-centered strategy of differentiation. In the wartime era, warriors of achievement or those killed in war were revived as heroes and gods of war. In the post-war period, robots, a sports car, a J-pop girl group, and an anime hero were reborn as gods of war as the last global superheroes. This is a ｍythological phenomenon influencing and leading popular culture. Thus, Z is a kind of ideology and a social notion that appears naturally accepted throughout the society.