本論文以1895-1926年的《臺灣日日新報》、《臺灣教育》為史料，討論台灣日文新詩如何誕生的問題。首先，藉由拓寬「台灣新詩」的定義，將1895年台灣進入日本統治、傳入日本近代詩的同時，便算作台灣新詩的起點。接著，透過爬梳日本近代詩的歷史，闡明日本近代詩對於台灣日文新詩的影響。此影響可分為兩階段，一是明治期「新體詩」的傳入，使得日文新詩開始在台灣出現、並開始在詩中收編殖民地台灣的意象。二是大正期「口語自由詩」的傳入，使得文語定型詩的形式受到解放，並持續受到日本近代詩思潮的影響，進而促使台灣詩人的出現。從這個過程中，可以看出台灣日文新詩的誕生與日本近代國家與近代語言的建構有著密切的關係，這樣的關係影響了日治初期台灣日文新詩的性格，也影響了台灣詩人最初詩作的樣貌。相較於前行研究對台灣初期新詩中民族與抗日精神之強調，本論文應能提供較為不同的認識。 / This study focuses on the historical materials in “Taiwan Daily News” and “Taiwan Educational Association Magazine”(1895-1926), and explains the birth of Taiwanese new poetry written in Japanese. First, this study expands the definition of Taiwanese new poetry by putting its starting point at 1895 when Japanese modern poetry entered into Taiwan. Then, this study examines the history of Japanese modern poetry and how Japanese modern poetry influenced Taiwanese new poetry. This influence unfolded in two stages. During the Meiji period, the “new style poetry” was introduced into Taiwan. Taiwanese new poetry arose within this trend and Japanese poets began to appropriate Taiwanese local images in their works. During the Taisho period, the “free verse” was introduced into Taiwan and brought about a more liberal form of poetry. Under such an influence of Japanese modern poetry Taiwanese poets emerged. This study shows that the birth of Taiwanese new poetry was intimately related to the construction of Japanese as a modern language and Japan as a modern nation-state. This relationship influenced the feature in early stage of Taiwanese new poetry and the appearance of poems by Taiwanese poets.On early stage of Taiwanese new poetry, previous researches mostly focus on the resistance against Japan. This study brings up an alternative approach and tries to make a breakthrough in the field of new poetry in colonial Taiwan.