전근대 군사도시에서 근대 식민도시로의 변화 - 경남 통영의 사례 -

Abstract

This study reviews the process of the premodern military city Tongjeyeong’s transformation into Tongyeong, a modern colonial city. The subject of analysis includes the people, economic life, and facilities that composed the city. The study relates these aspects of the city to political changes such as the opening of its port, the dissolution of Tongjeyeong, and the city as a colony. With the dissolution of Tongjeyeong, most of its professional soldiers seem to have lost their positions It has been confirmed that some became businessmen or officials in the new administrative system. After theopening ofits port, the main axis of Tongjeyeong’s economic structure, including commodity distribution and the "Twelve Gongbang was partially maintained. However, upon the dissolution of Tongjeyeong, its incorporation into the Japanese economic area was strengthened. In particular, materials for traditional industrial products were imported from Japan while rice collected in Tongyeong was shipped out to Japan. After 1905, the military facilities in Tongjeyeong were reused as modern facilities such as public, economic, or religious facilities. In the process of colonization, the number of Japanese people in Tongyeong increased, and their economic capacity overwhelmed the Korean people. Premodern traditions of the Tongjeyeong period were maintained only when they corresponded with the economic effects of the colonization process. Tongyeong’s traditional craft of inlaid lacquerware with mother-of-pearl was once well-received as a tourist attraction, but it fell into decline with decreased demand. Cases of Japanese people who settled in the modern colonial city of Tongyeong are examined through the example ofHattori Genjirō.