야마나카 상회(山中商會)와 일본으로 유출된 한국 문화재

Abstract

Yamanaka & Co was a famous corporation dealing in fine arts. A lot of cultural assets of Korea, China and many other Asian countries , including Japan, were introduced to North America and Europe. It was checked that Yamnaka & Co traded a lot of Korean cultural assets during Japanese occupation. Probably most of them might be smuggled into other countries illegally and be traded However, there are few evidences confirming that Yamanaka & co was related with the outflow of Korean cultural assets. In addition, we can't just confirm how many Korean cultural assets were taken to others by Yamanaka & Co but also where they are now. We inspected that Yamanaka & Co traded in Korean cultural assets in Japan, Then we grasped major genuine assets taken to Japan after checking lists published mostly and ,to take Korean cultural assets back to Korea later, examined it was the illegality that they were taken to Japan. Also we studied some unknown institutions with Korean cultural assets in Japan. Yamanaka & Co smuggled many cultural assets into other countries in the name of introducing Asian Arts to Europe and the U.S.A. A considerable of Korean cultural asset hardly got out of the clutch of Yamanka & Co. It was responsible for Korean cultural assets smuggled. We should examine the lists left by Yamanaka & Co, which is important task to claim the independent and natural right of recovering Korean cultural assets smuggled. We should examined continuously under which situation Koran cultural assets was smuggled and how they were taken to other countries.