1905년 2월 이전 시마네현(島根 縣) 소학교(小學校) 지리교과서의 현(縣) 관할지 서술 내용과 독도 인식

Abstract

The Japanese government decided to describe Dokdo as Japanese territory in the textbooks for primary school, middle school, and high school. Therefore, this article analyzes the description of the prefecture’s jurisdiction and the recognition of Dokdo in the geography textbooks of Shimane Prefecture’s primary schools until February 1905. “Takeshima” (Ulleungdo) was written only in the Shimane-ken kannai Oki-kuni chishiryaku (島根縣管内 隱岐國地誌略, 1880), by Shimizu. But the fact that Murakawa and Oya had gone to Takeshima by boat 200 years earlier supports that he knew of the Order Banning Passage to Takeshima (1696). “Matsushima” (Dokdo) and “Takeshima” were not written in other geography textbooks. The coordinates of extreme north of Shimane Prefecture were 1905년2월이전시마네현(島根縣)소학교(小學校)지리교과서의현(縣)관할지서술내용과독도인식| 343 36°21′ North Latitude in the geography textbooks. However, Dokdo was excluded from the jurisdiction of the prefecture. It is certain that the writers of geography textbooks referred to Shimane-ken Ichiran gaihyō (島根縣一覧概表), the Shimane-ken Tōkeihyō (島根縣統計表), and other materials. Dokdo and Ulleungdo were not drawn on the maps of the Geography Textbooks of Shimane Prefecture’s primary schools. Dokdo and Ulleungdo were drawn only on the maps of Japan, such as DaiNihon zenzu (「大日本全圖」) in Shōgaku kōyō Shimane-ken chishi (小學校 用 島根縣地誌, 1890), but were not considered as a Japanese territory. The writers of geography textbooks were teachers in Shimane Prefecture’s primary and middle education schools. Therefore, they must have been aware of the fact that Dokdo was not part of Japanese territory. The fact that these geography textbooks were authorized by the Japanese Ministry of Education shows that the Ministry of Education did not recognize Ulleungdo and Dokdo as Japanese territory before February 1905.