Senjuro Hayashi And Japan’s "Islam Campaign"

Senjuro Hayashi(1876-1943)was one of the most important figures in the Japanese Army.He was a senior general of the Japanese Army.He served successively as President of the Japanese Army University,Director of Education,Minister of the Army and other important posts in the Japanese Army.In the past,most of the academic research on the characters of Lin Mijuro focused on the factional struggle between the Kodoha Faction and Toseiha Faction of the Japanese military in the 1930 s,but it is rarely known,Senjuro Hayashi himself also had a great interest in Islam,and conducted a lot of research and investigation on his own,and thus formed an Islamic strategic concept centered on the "Anti-Communist Corridor." The main direction of the foreign strategy in the 1930 s was the close integration of the "Strike the North strategy" with the Soviet and China strategies.In addition,the Islamic strategic conception of Senjuro Hayashi also implies "Strike the West strategy" of the military headquarters,which was ignored by the academic circles in the past.His long-term concern and research on Islam not only corresponded with the foreign strategy of the military department,but also directly influenced and contributed to the implementation of the "Islam Campaign" of the military department.Therefore,this article to Senjuro Hayashi of the formation and evolution of islamic strategic thought and practice as the main line,mainly inspects Senjuro Hayashi of Islam in the 1920s-1930 s of concrete research and political ideas,namely how to make use of Islam in the service of foreign strategy and military expansion,reveal its strategic thinking on the influence of Japan’s "Islam Campaign".At the same time,through all kinds of people and organizations around Senjuro Hayashi,the overall picture of the "Islam Campaign" of the military headquarters during the Anti-Japanese War and the Pacific War is restored.The main body of the paper consists of four chapters.The first chapter mainly from three aspects to introduce Senjuro Hayashi’s islamic strategic thought formation,namely the childhood family and the influence of the local religious atmosphere,youth club as a professional soldier to join avenue after strong interest of religion and Europe during the German army"Muslim"stories,the above three aspects jointly contributed to the Senjuro Hayashi to religion,especially the strong interest of Islam,thus formed the unique,with Islam as the core of foreign strategic thinking.The second chapter focuses on Senjuro Hayashi’s islamic the evolution of strategic thought,to the Anti-Japanese War,the triple alliance and the outbreak of the Pacific war,to Germany and Italy for the spindle,discuss the evolution process of islamic strategy,namely the strategic goal by cooperation is given priority to with the Soviet union and China’s "Strike the North strategy" extended to "Strike the West strategy",is no longer limited to east Asia region,use object expanded to central Asia,the Middle East Islam,to establish contact with Germany and Italy axis at the same time,implement the Perspective of "Anti-Communist Corridor",will "cloister" against the west extends to the Middle East.When the military’s "Strike the West strategy" theory was frustrated,he turned to "southward march" theory,appealed to the importance of southeast Asian Muslims to Japan’s "Strike the South strategy",and his leading greater Japan Muslim association even participated in the military’s "Southern Islam Campaign" on the ground.From the evolution of his Islamic strategic thought,the core of his Islamic strategic thought is to cooperate with the foreign invasion of the military headquarters,and to use Islam as the foreign expansion of the military headquarters to construct the "just" theory,so as to serve Japan’s aggression war and colonial rule.The third chapter focuses on the analysis of the specific connection between Senjuro Hayashi and the "Islam Campaign" of the military headquarters.From the macro point of view,the "Islam Campaign" in China and the "Muslim work in the south" are the clues,and from the micro point of view,the "September 18 Incident",the Anti-Japanese War and the Pacific War are the three nodes to discuss the relationship between Senjuro Hayashi and the "Islam Campaign" of the military headquarters.The fourth chapter mainly elaborates the relationship between Senjuro Hayashi and the civil Islamic organizations.With the national policy organization "Great Japan Muslim Association" as the core,supplemented by various non-governmental organizations to jointly discuss the specific activities of Senjuro Hayashi.This paper expounds the main form of the integration of government and people and the unity of the whole nation in the "Islam Campaign" in Japan,and discusses the connotation and concrete practice of Senjuro Hayashi’s Islamic strategic thought.