조선근대사료연구회와 전후 일본의 ‘조선근대사’ 연구

Abstract

The Joseon Modern Historical Records Research Society was a joint research society consisting of those in the Japanese Government- General of Korea that intended to hand down their achievements of ruling Joseon to generations to come, the students in their twenties who wanted to get research data, and researchers. From the old persons in their seventies to the young people in their twenties, from not-converted communists to conservative officials of the Japanese Government-General of Korea, with those who are ruling and ruled, South Koreans(students studying in Japan) and North Koreans (Chongryeon societies), and Japanese and Koreans together, it was literally a 'curious' research association of people with different ideologies, creeds and nationalities. Since there were no classes on the modern history of Joseon, the students participating in the historical records research association made researchers including Yamabe Kentaro their teachers, cultivated the modern history of Joseon, and grew as researchers with the plentiful historical records offered by the Ally Association and the interviews with those in relation to ruling Joseon, a vivid material, as nutritive elements. Yet, while the participants in the affiliation of Chongryeon societies left the research group, the student members who had grown as researchers, such as Miyata and Kajimura, joined the movement against Joseon-Japan talks expressing more to the society, and the differences in the understanding of the rule over Joseon, national movements and the conference between Joseon and Japan became bigger between the Ally Association and the students. Moreover, as the health of the chairman of the board, Hozumi Shinrokuro, who had intervened the two, became worse and as he came to withdraw from the research association, the crack of Ohwoldongjubitter(enemies in the same boat) of Dongsangyeemong (having different thoughts) became bigger. When the basic treaty between Joseon and Japan was signed in 1965, the directors of the Ally Association, who were usually unfavorable to the management of the Joseon Modern Historical Records Research Society, organized the Joseon Problems Research Society in May, 1965, in which only those in relation to ruling Joseon participated, excluding the students. While the historical records research society was somehow aware of the criticism of the ruling over Joseon, the records of the Joseon Problems Research Society led by those related to ruling over Joseon were self-justification and beautification.