일제의 무속 규제정책과 무속의 변화－매일신보와 동아일보 기사를 중심으로－

Abstract

This paper examines the Japanese imperialism restriction policy on Korean shamanism and its transformation as result of the restriction policy during the Japanese colonial era. Considering the whole period of the Japanese colonial era, the restriction policy focused on rather the control of Korean shamanism than crackdown or prohibition on it. This policy came into being through the recognition of Korean shamanism as a fundamental element of Korean culture. The Japanese imperialism restriction policy on Korean shamanism was to control Korean shamanism through separating it from Korean’s everyday life. The result of this separating policy was that Korean shamanism began to be divided from Korean’s everyday life. As the policy continues, therewith Korean shamanism becomes gradually a negative object which is not to be allowed in Korean’s daily life. Today Korean shamanism is an rather unfamiliar than familiar object in Korean’s everyday life. And it is also an object of contradictory twofold awareness in that it is practiced for daily life on the one hand and on the other also is ashamed of practicing it. This situation comes from Japanese imperialism restriction policy on Korean shamanism.