일제강점기 조선아악의 의미왜곡과 고악론 검토

Abstract

When the Japanese imperialists explained Chosǒn aak, they described it as an ‘old music unprecedented in the world’ or ‘the pride of the East’. This logic, which can be referred to ‘the theory of Chosǒn aak as ancient music’, was repeatedly mentioned by the Japanese Empire. In this sense, this theory can be understood as a part of Japanese colonial logic. It was not expressions of genuine respect for the Chosǒn aak, but it is a logic to develop the colonial perceptions on history such as ‘Naesǒn Ilch’e’ (‘Korea and Japan are One’) and ‘stagnant Chosǒn’. In other words, to stigmatize Chosǒn as an outdated and undeveloped country, Chosǒn aak was used by Japanese imperialists as an symbol of Chosǒn’s undeveloped state. The aakpu played a role in the transmission of the aak in the Chosǒn Dynasty, but it was also an organization used for colonial rule during the Japanese colonial period.