부산의 ‘식민자’ 후쿠나가 마사지로 [福永政治郞]의 자본축적과 사회활동

Abstract

Considered as a ‘colonizer’ or ‘financial magnate’ in Busan, Fukunaga Masaziro, a Japanese colonial settler, was born in Oumi, 1864. He moved to Busan in 1886 when he became 23 by the recommendation of his uncle Takase Masaziro. In Busan, he started to build his foundation by Takase store. Originally, this store was a small store that sells general merchandise have imported from Japan, but he went ahead with business around and imported a cotton doth. And he also collected a land using the accumulated capital as well as another settler. Increased volume of business through a large land management and cotton doth boom, finally, Fukunaga changed a company sistem from just trader store into the corporation of Takase, and proceeded in earnest that plantations management and land reclamation project. Meanwhile, He was also an active in Busan as the special deputies in the chamber of Commerce(商業會議所), major shareholder of the Busan-Ilbo and the Chosun gas electricity, had a superiority the socio-economic status as elder statesman of Busan. And personal connections with local dignitaries that have been formed in the foundation the region of Busan, made him ​​possible for a stable social activities. Fukunaga established the Busan Commercial Practice school(釜山商業實踐學校) with his friends Kasai Kentaro, he had a leading role in the establishment of Busan-Gongsengwon(釜山共生園) that was based on the Buddhism, and embarked in the establishment of Whagwangkyowon(和光敎園) in Kyungsung. At least, he wasn't to simply capitalist in Chosun. He participated actively in Imperialist ideology under the ‘Chosun and Japan are One(內鮮一體)’ policy, he was keen to be ‘soothing’ the Chosun people. All his activities in Chosun was for realization of nationalism, result of his activity can't separated with colonialism. Finally, Fukunaga was a typical “Grassroots colonizer.”