「国境をまたぐ生活圏」概念の起点 ―梶村秀樹による金嬉老裁判への関わりを手がかりに―

Abstract

The notion of “Transnational Sphere of Life” created by Hideki Kajimura(1935-89) in 1985 has been famous among historians who study about Zainichi Koreans. This article aims to prove that Kajimura had gradually drawn components of this notion while he was engaging in the ‘Kim Heero case’. In other words Kajimura’s involvement in Kim Heero case was the starting point to construct this notion. Before the Kim Heero case, Kajimura gave attention to Zainichi Korean scholars and wrote the history about Korean immigrants in Japan in colonial era with his deep interest in history about Zainichi Koreans. However, the Kim Heero case and Kajimura’s involvement with the case led him widen his intellectual horizon about Zainichi Koreans. Kajimura framed Kim’s various experiences in a historical perspective and placed it in common experience of Zainichi Koreans. His arguments mean that Zainichi Koreans who moved to Japan under Japanese colonial rule straddled the sphere of life between Japan and Korea but on the other hand they were restricted to come and go freely. This means that their “Transnational Sphere of Life” was interrupted by Japanese government. It became the beginning of the notion of “Transnational Sphere of Life”.