Study on the establishment of modern Japan-Korea relations examined from the response to the Abolition of the Han System of Japan and Korea

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K16917
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Japanese history
• Research Institution: Maizuru National College of Technology
• Principal Investigator: MAKINO Masashi 舞鶴工業高等専門学校, その他部局等, 准教授 (10754301)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 朝鮮 / 対馬藩 / 外交文書 / 書契 / 廃藩置県 / 外務省 / 倭館

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to grasp the changes in the Japan- Korea relationship before and after the Abolition of the Han System by restoring the control of the ships that travel between Japan and Korea.
As a result of the research, the following points were clarified. The first point is that the Japan- Korea relationship during this period had a great contradiction. The contradiction is that apparently diplomacy was fraudulent, even though ships were managed in accordance with the rules after the Abolition of the Han System. By clarifying this contradiction, it became possible to more clearly show the changes in the Japan-North Korea relationship during that period. In addition, it was revealed that Sakubei's drifting occurred in 1872 in order to show the state of the management of foreign ships on the Korean side.

Free Research Field

日本近代史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義は、まず中・近世と継続してきた日朝関係のあり方が近代的なものへと変容していく過程を明らかにするための、一つの視角を提示したことである。これは、従来のように日本側の政治的な動向を中心に分析するのではなく、日朝間で行われてきた通交の変化を追うことで実現できたものである。もう一つは、この変化の過程を追うために、朝鮮側の史料から従来用いられてこなかったデータを抽出し、分析したことである。『東莱府啓録』から渡航船管理の様子を抽出することで、見過ごされてきた史料から朝鮮側の動きを解明することに成功した。