Construction of a database of Hangul letters exchanged between Japan and Korea during the Edo and Meiji eras

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K02725
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: KISHIDA Fumitaka 大阪大学, 大学院人文学研究科(外国学専攻、日本学専攻), 教授 (30251870)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 対馬 / ハングル書簡 / 江戸時代 / 朝鮮語学書 / 小田幾五郎 / 漂流民 / 倭館 / 朝鮮語通詞

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The study aimed to build a database by comprehensively collecting Hangul letters exchanged between Japan and Korea from the middle of the Edo period to the early Meiji period. Although it was difficult to grasp the full picture of the Hangul letters due to reasons such as not being disclosed in the past, it was designed to conduct a comprehensive investigation and analysis by taking advantage of the recent disclosure of them. Specifically, the database was created by collecting Hangul letters of Tsushima Souke Bunko, which are owned by Nagasaki Prefectural Research Center for History of Tsushima and National Institute of Korean History, as well as Hangul letters collections owned by Tsushima Kagiya History Museum. Some of these materials were previously unknown to academia.

Free Research Field

朝鮮語史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究で構築したデータベースは、従来、解読が困難なため他の研究者が利用できなかった資料や、存在すら知られていなかった資料・閲覧調査が困難であった資料を含んでおり、朝鮮語史、日本の朝鮮語学史、日朝関係史などの研究に、新たな情報を提供するものであり、それら研究の進展に役立つものである。