라디오 체조와 ‘국민’의 일상 - 국민가 <라디오 체조 노래>의 시대적 변천

Abstract

Rajio-Taiso(=Japanese radio exercises) generally refers to gymnastics exercises in which people perform certain movements to the accompaniment of music and signs played on the radio, and it is also used to refer to the broadcasting programs that teach such exercises. In this paper, I analyzed the Japanese “Radio Gymnastics Song” that have changed many times according to the historical circumstances and considered the meaning of radio gymnastics in each era and the meaning of the daily life of the “people”. How did the people voluntarily accommodate an official culture from above that tried to mobilize and indoctrinate them? The post-war Japanese people have recycled the cultural heritage of the pre-war period to create something else entirely. They made the prestigious pre-war “Radio Gymnastics Song” easy to understand and sing, and invented “Everybody's Gymnastics” and "Everybody's Songs". These efforts should be highly appreciated. In the case of South Korea, inspirational songs for the war have been adapted into children's songs for educational purposes. We should make use of the cultural traces of Japan's pre-war colonialism and turn them into cultural assets.