神話解釈から読み取る「三韓」認識変化とスサノヲ

Abstract

During the Imperial Japan Republic of Korea period, the Shinto side insisted that Dangun should be the enshrined deity of Chōsen Jingū. However, we can infer that Dangun claimed by the Shinto side was not the founder of the Korean nation, but rather Dangun associated with Susanowo originated during the Japanese Early Modern period. This means that two separate Dangun existed during the Early Modern period in Korea. On top of that, there is no trend connecting Dangun and Susanowo in the historical sources of the Classical and Medieval period. This trend genuinely started during the Early Modernperiod. Therefore, I will refer to this association as a kind of “EarlyModern mythology”. Incidentally, questions arose within me as to why Susanowo and Dangun were suddenly seen as one deity and, considering that the Nihon Shoki mentions Susanowo and Silla, when Susanowo was associated with Samhan as a whole. Therefore, this paper discusses how the changing interpretation of Samhan arose after the Nihon Shoki from the Medieval period to the beginning of the Early Modern period, and explores how Susanowo became associated with it. On top of that, this paper underlines the new potential for research on Early Modern mythology shown by the mythological interpretations characteristic to this period such as the understanding of history on the base of Confucian logic while interpreting Japan as the origin of the world, and the logical interpretation of contradictions in mythology.