일본 도쿄지역 2·8독립운동 사적지 재검토

Abstract

The Hall of Korean Young Men’s Christian Association, a historic site of the 2·8 Independence Movement in 1919, was burned down in 1923 due to the Great Kanto Earthquake that struck Tokyo and the surrounding area, and later the Hall was newly built in Sarugaku-cho, Chiyoda-ku. So it was impossible to determine the exact location of the original place. In this context, this paper will identify the original location of the Hall of Korean Young Men’s Christian Association by discovering new literature and maps at that time, and also examine the second and third demonstrations of the 2·8 Independence Movement. The main materials used in this article are the Imperial city Tokyo division rearranging report, 帝都復興區劃整理誌 (1932) and the Nihonbashi Map of Tokyo (1921) produced by Japanese land survey department. And used a map, which was a result of the study of urban space utilization prior to the Kanto Earthquake, which is a research project of the Ministry of Education. Based on these data, I would like to determine where the YMCA Hall was located. The land area of 2 chome No. 5 Nishi-Ogawacho is 5947㎡. In order to identify the location of this large site of the Korean YMCA Hall, attention was paid to the map symbol representing the Christian building shown on the map produced by the map of Nihonbashi(1921). The map symbol was confirmed on the Land Use Restoration Chart of the former Tokyo. In addition, it can be confirmed that Horidomebashi, which was near the Korean Christian Youth Hall, was renovated after the Great Kanto Earthquake. The center part of the land of 5947㎡ at No. 5 of 2 Nishi-Ogawa-cho was cut into a lozenge and was accepted as a road. After reviewing the maps before and after the Great Kanto Earthquake of the Institutional Reconstruction Zone, the front of the Korean YMCA Hall was located southward facing Senshu University. Pointed out that the building of the Hall was located. The current YS building’s defense is looking east. This content was pointed out to be consistent with Choi Seung-man’s dictation of Dong-A Ilbo and correspondent report of correspondent Nam Si-Wook in 1969. Based on these data, I would like to define 3-3-12 Chiyoda-ku Nishida, where the YS Building is located, as the site of the Korean YMCA Hall. In addition, detailed investigation and excavation of historic sites related to the 2·8 Independence Movement in Tokyo should be carried out.