근대 일본불교계의 승려 ‘처대(妻帶)’에 대한 논쟁

Abstract

At the center of the pro-Japanese and Japanese style controversies of Joseon Buddhism, there was always the issue of a monk’s taking a wife or marriage (Daecheo or Gachwi). What had a direct influence on the culture of taking a wife in Joseon Buddhism is, of course, Japanese Buddhism. Since taking a wife in Japanese Buddhism was officially recognized in 1872, which was much earlier than in Joseon, it is said that this culture of taking a wife came across to Joseon as it was and influenced Joseon Buddhist monks’ taking a wife. Especially the Joseon culture of taking a wife further spread after the revision of the law made by Japan in 1912 for the Korean Buddhism Order that formulated taking a wife in 1927, and Joseon Buddhist students who had been to Japan to study also contributed to this. Then, what was the phenomenon of taking a wife in the Japanese Buddhist communities like which closely affected Joseon? As a result of discussions in this study, the controversy surrounding taking a wife in Japanese Buddhism continued till after 1939. In Japanese society, too, social conditions had not been organized to accept married Buddhist monks, and Japanese monks’ desperate struggles to get it socially recognized were continuously developed. Through this analysis, this study would provide a new perspective different from the previous studies that taking a wife first became common in Japanese Buddhism and affected Joseon Buddhism concerning the controversy over taking a wife in Joseon Buddhism.