근대 동북아해역의 이주 현상에 대한 미시적 접근: 부관연락선을 중심으로

Abstract

This study attempted a microscopic approach to the migration phenomenon in the modern Northeast Asian sea region by focusing on the movement of Koreans and Japanese through Bugwan Ferry. In other words, by focusing on the experience of Korean and Japanese migrants across the Korea Strait on the Bugwan Ferry, this study wanted to find out what kind of space the Bugwan Ferry was and what events there were. In this study, the analysis of the migration experience was also divided according to the boundaries of 'ethnicity' in consideration of the fact that the migration patterns of Korean and Japanese during the modern period differed greatly in their motivation, form and outcome. First of all, in the case of Koreans, it was found that the experience of migration through the Bugwan Ferry before and after forced mobilization varies greatly. Until the first half of the 1930s, the Bugwan Ferry was an object that was difficult to get on, but had to be boarded to continue life, and the movement in chaos was a mixture of hardship, desperation, expectation and prospect. Meanwhile, by the late 1930s and beyond, 'forced' movements through the Bugwan Ferry turned into harsher ones that cross life and death and abound with violence. Next, in the case of the Japanese, the migration experience by the Bugwan Ferry was double-sided and ambivalent. In general, the movement through the Bugwan Ferry meant, first of all, the experience of the Japanese Empire's newest steamer, but at the same time, it was also possible to experience the pioneering and frustration of life at the same time. The Bugwan Ferry served as a link between Japanese migrants and the land of opportunity, but it was also a means for those who chose their own end of life for various reasons. Like this migration through the Bugwan Ferry itself was a cross of various meanings and emotions, and the characteristics given by the ‘boundary’ of the Korean and Japanese people were clear. And this kind of study has significance in that it complements the limitations of the earlier researches on the Bugwan Ferry, which has been focused on macro-analysis, and enhances the comprehensiveness of related researches.