일제 강제합병 이데올로기와 식민지교육정책

Abstract

Distorted history recognition that Korea-Japan annexation treaty was legitimate and Japanese colonial rule of Korea was fair because it was accomplished on the basis of Korean peoples’ wish dominated Japan up to recently. In the article, I studied how the ideology of Japanese compulsory annexation of Korea was set through the logics of annexation that was designed and disseminated to justify its rule of Korea in the course of Japanese annexation of Korea and how the ideology was reflected in the colonial education policy and school education. Japanese imperialism used the terminologies like “annexation”, “amalgamation” and “absorption” according to political situation changes till its conclusion of the merger treaty with Korea. Those who were involved in colonization of Korea used the terminologies with careful intention. But it should be corrected to use a term together with another unconsciously ignoring Japanese political intention. After opening a port Japanese imperialism squeezed in between the Western imperialist countries which were indulged in plundering rights and interests and were embroiled in political strife, and plundered Korea’s national sovereignty on the pretext of the protection of Korea, and obtained diplomatic results that international society admitted Japan to make Korea a dependent state. Japanese imperialism developed and disseminated the logics of colonial rule in the middle of plainly showing its ambition to annex Korea. It claimed the deceptive logic that the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War were proxy wars to keep Korea’s independence, and the Japanese protectorate would make Korea modernized and civilized, and transplant civilization to Korea, and guarantee Korea’s independence, and contribute to peace in the Orient. And also Japan deceived Korean people as follows; Placing Korea under the protection of Japan for peace in the Orient, Japanese imperialism strived for removal of the root of evil and civic improvement, however, it couldn’t get satisfactory results. Therefore Japan granted the petitions of the Korean Emperor and Korean people and decided to annex Korea. After Japanese compulsory annexation of Korea, Japanese imperialism claimed that the annexation improved both Japanese and Korean people, and made it possible to secure peace in the Orient forever, and carried out colonial education based on an ideology that the Japanese emperor was the driving force of the country, that is, Korean people that received favor of annexation and got to be under the wing of Japan had to possess loyalty and love for the Japanese emperor. Also it taught Korean people that Korean tradition and culture were uncivilized and inferior and would fall behind in the struggle for existence and should be extinct. On the other hand, it infused the ideology that Japanese history with advancement, civilization and exemplary culture was an object of assimilation into Korean people’s consciousness throughout the Japanese colonial era.