Libraries and translation under tha colonial administration of Korea in the early 'Bunka Seiji (cultural government)': reconstructing the history of Japan-Korea culutural exchange

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370255
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese literature
• Research Institution: Aichi University of Education (2015-2016); Ishikawa National College of Technology (2013-2014)
• Principal Investigator: OKUDA Kouji 愛知教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (90185538)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 植民地朝鮮 / 図書館 / 日韓文化交流史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We investigated and studied libraries in the early ‘Bunka Seiji' period and examined the situation surrounding the translation of Korean magazines. Specifically, we investigated and studied the relationship between the Keijyo Library and Korean intellectuals, how the Keijyo library was represented and the collection of Japanese books. We also investigated Korean magazines in Yonsei University Library and considered them from the perspective of translation.
For Korean intellectuals, the Keijyo library is considered as indivisible from the independence movement. Korean intellectuals can also think about translation from the aspect of resistance to colonial rule.

Free Research Field

日本近代文学