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Abstract

This study summarizes the content and revision process of the Resident-General (Tonggambu) uniform regulations and the number of Resident-General uniform wearers, aiming to establish basic data on Resident-General uniforms. The results of the study are as follows. The Resident-General Uniform was established in February 1906 as the ‘Uniform Regulations of the Resident-General and the Staff of the Affiliated Government Offices’ and has been revised three times since then. It stipulated upper garments, pants, hats, swords, sword belts, sword straps, and coats for Chinim (Senior Executive), Chigim (Executive), Juim (Supervisor), and Panim (Director). The statutes provided detailed rules and diagrams. The jacket was a navy blue or black gold-buttoned jacket, and the national symbols were the rising sun on the front of the hat centered on a Paulownia tree crest and a cherry blossom arabesque on the front of the belt. The width and number of rows of gold stripes on the hat and sleeves, the number of Paulownia crests on the sleeves, and even the pattern of the sword’s ironwork were strictly regulated for each rank. The collar badge was enacted in July 1906 by a Resident-General’s Decree, with the tables and illustrations of the rules. After five revisions, a total of 15 types of collar badges were prescribed. The design of the collar badge was based on a Paulownia tree crest, with characteristic motifs placed behind the Paulownia tree crests depending on the Government Office.