개화기 조선 문사의 일본 문물 체험과 일본 인식 ？박대양의 ？？동사만록？？을 중심으로

Abstract

This thesis is aimed to review "Dongsa-mannok(東槎漫錄)" written in 1884 by Dae-yang Park(朴戴陽) who made an official journey to Japan immediately after Gapsin-jeongbyeon(甲申政變), for the propose of investigation into Gaehwa-gi(開化期) Joseon civil service envoys' experiences of Japanese civilization and their recognition of Japan. Dae-yang Park's experiences in Japan can be divided broadly into two. First, Dae-yang Park evaluated Japanese people and Chinese while staying in Japan and communicating with them. The criteria for the evaluation was what kinds of stance they took about ‘Western-style enlightenment.’ Second, he closely observed, described, and assessed Japan's new civilization. In this regard, Dae-yang Park criticized the actual conditions of Western-style enlightenment and national prosperity and defense, which Japan executed at that time, after evaluating them according to his lights. Such evaluation was not simply due to Park's conservative position. He made an official journey to Japan, which was faced with such problems as were caused by the Western-style reformation of its recent systems in the middle period of Myeongchi-yusin. Most of the issues which were raised by Dae-yang Park well reflected the realities of Japan at that time. Dae-yang Park's recognition of Japan shows how Joseon civil service envoys understood the complex political situation of Japan just after Gapsin-jeongbyeon and, more specifically, how they evaluated the Western-style modern enlightenment which Japan was executing at that time. Such recognition of Park was a precedent of the recognition of the conservative intellectuals following him.