Basic Research on Japanese Religion Missionaries in Colonial Korea

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K00090
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 01030:Religious studies-related
• Research Institution: Shikoku Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: KIM TAE 四国学院大学, 文学部, 教授 (10608706)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 植民地朝鮮の日本人宗教者 / 朝鮮総督府宗教関係文書 / 朝鮮総督府官報 / 植民地朝鮮布教

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we were able to comprehensively database the fundamental information regarding Japanese religion missionaries who were active in colonial Korea, based on the 'Religious Administration Documents' and the 'Official Gazette of the Office of the Governor-General of Korea' compiled by the Office of the Governor-General of Korea. By categorizing them into Japanese Buddhism, Japanese Christianity, and Shinto, we were able to confirm the names of missionaries, their periods of activity, and the regions they operated in, categorized by each religious sect. Furthermore, we have initiated the transcription and ongoing public release of the 'Religious Administration Documents of the Office of the Governor-General of Korea' created between 1905 and 1945.
The establishment of the database, publicly accessible on the web as 'Japanese Religion Missionaries in Colonial Korea' (https://www.jrpkc.org/), is the most significant achievement of this study.

Free Research Field

近代日韓宗教史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

植民地期朝鮮で活動していた、3,145名の日本人宗教者に関するデータベース化は、本研究が初めての業績となる。韓国では本研究の成果を引用しつつ発展させている研究論文がすでに4本も発表されており、本研究の学術的な意義は今後さらに注目されていくと期待できる。
また、公開データベース「植民地朝鮮の日本人宗教者」（https://www.jrpkc.org/）は、2020年9月公開以来、日本、韓国、米国などを中心に、現在まで1万回を超えるアクセス件数に達しており、専門の研究者のみならず、広く社会一般においても、植民地期朝鮮で活動していた日本人宗教者たちに関する研究の重要性と感心を高めている。