재일조선인 여성들과 이카이노의 생활공간 -원수일의 『이카이노 이야기』를 중심으로

Abstract

This study analyses the lives of Korean-Japanese(or Jainichi) women who migrated from Jejudo and living in Choseon Market of Ikaino, which described in the novel, ‘Ikaino Stories(猪飼野物語)’ written by Won Sooil. In this novel, the women who were the first generation of Jeju-Japanese migrants, had been worked in Choseon Market for their family, instead of their economically unable or helpless husband in Japan. Some of them earned their income in black market, which blossomed here and there after the 2nd world war and Korean war, especially near Tsuruhasi station at Osaka. Now Choseon Market changed its name as a ‘Korean Town’. However, Choseon Market in Ikaino which exists as a demographic and cultural island within Japan, is still a very important socio-economic center for the people of Korean-Japanese, and a symbol of historical relationship between Korea and Japan. That is, Ikaino is not only a place of living but also a memory of space to the Janichi themselves.