한말~일제초기 ‘조선문제’와 오가와 헤이키치[小川平吉]의 의정활동

Abstract

This paper examines the activities of Ogawa Heikichi(小川平吉), one of the figures active in the late Joseon Dynasty and early Japanese colonial period, in the process of colonizing Joseon and its influence on the establishment of early colonial policies. Ogawa, who entered the Diet through the 8th House of Representatives general election in 1903, had a keen interest in China and Manchuria issues from an early stage and contributed to the colonization of Joseon after the establishment of the Residency-General. Ogawa, who accumulated various experiences during this process, was a representative ‘Joseontong(朝鮮通)’ member of the Imperial Diet and mainly deliberated on agenda items related to Joseon. This kind of parliamentary activity is somewhat different from the parliamentary activity of the representative of Joseon relations who were mainly active from the mid-1910s to the 1920s. These representative were those who were elected while residing in Joseon and became representative for the purpose of directly conveying their voices to Japanese politics, and they were very active in the development of Joseon, such as the construction of railroads and the construction of ports. He was a representative of the ‘lobbyist’ nature who represented the interests of himself or the Japanese people of Joseon. On the other hand, the representative of the Ogawas who were active before and after the forced annexation were typical ‘Asiaticists’ who not only contributed to Japan’s colonization of Joseon, but also presented their own ‘roadmap’ for Japan to establish a colonial ruling system after the forced annexation, and they had a strong ‘broker’ nature. Their political activities were different from the representative, who had a political and economic base in Joseon and were mainly active in the 1920s, and who took ‘Joseon’s development’ as a political task. Their political goals were to resolve the contemporary issues of ‘colonization of Joseon’ and ‘establishment of a parliament-centered colonial ruling system.’