開港 初期 木浦港의 日本人과 海上네트워크

Abstract

This study examines the characteristics of Japanese society taking initiative at Mokpo Port after the port opening in 1897 and the marine network in Mokpo area. The range of this research is focused on the port opening in 1897 till 1910,the port opening period. The detailed subject and research results can be summed up as below:First, it is about the spatial characteristics of Mokpo as the open port. It was examined after divided into the characteristics found in the historic flow before the port opening and the characteristics recognized by foreigners during the port opening period. Mokpo is in the corner of Yeongsan-gang. It is characterized by spatial features like closeness to Honam Grain Belt, connectivity to Busan and Incheon Port, and growth potentials as a port city. Second, it is about Japanese' move and social aspects at Mokpo Port. There were many of those who were from Nagasaki or Yamaguchi. Especially, those from Yamaguchi gained commercial supremacy in Mokpo and took the lead in it. In the beginning of the port opening period, industry in Mokpo was greatly influenced by Busan. Most merchants passed through Busan and entered Mokpo,and there was constant linkage in it. They exhibited influence in Mokpo as the board members of the Japanese Residents Committee or the Chamber of Commerce. Another characteristic is that there were few Japanese chief figures who stayed in Mokpo for a long period. Third, it is about the marine network in Mokpo Port. With port opening as a start, steamships were induced, and with the exportation of Mokpo rice, it was even more developed. Mokpo Port became the trading center of Jeonnam's products based on the marine network using Yeongsan-gang and the sea routes. As the rice became exported to Japan or China, an international exchange network was formed. In the outside, Japan was the center of people's traffic, and in the inside,Incheon Port and Gunsan Port located in the West Coast were the center. Meanwhile,the marine network of Mokpo Port was widened and developed internationally with port opening as a start; however, since it was the port opened in order to export rice, the range was inevitably limited to Japan and China.