2017, Vol., No.72

Journal of Japanese Culture 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.36

pISSN : 1226-3605 / eISSN : 2733-8908
https://journal.kci.go.kr/JJC

In interpreting treaties, the interpretation in accordance with the ordinary meaning of the terms of the treaty in their context is a fundamental principle, which is also specified in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. In this paper, each of the terms in Article 2 (a) of the San Francisco Peace Treaty is interpreted in accordance with its ordinary meaning, and made clear to which country the Dokdo's sovereignty belongs. The emphasis is on the ordinary meaning of ‘Korea’, because Japan is required to renounce all right, title and claim to Korea. Not only by SCAPIN 677 of Contracting States, the Allied Powers, but also by Ministry of Finance's Decree No. 4(1951.2.13) and Prime Minister's Decree No. 24(1951.6.6) of the other Contracting State, Japan, 'Korea' means Korea including Dokdo. These are also visually proven by the 'SCAP Administrative Areas: Japan and South Korea' of February 1946 and the 'The Japanese Domain Reference Map'(日本領域参考図) of August 1951 respectively. In addition, I argue that criticisms are common in the previous studies of Korean scholars as well as Japanese scholars in the interpretation of Article 2 (a) of the San Francisco Peace Treaty on the terms such as 'recognizing the independence' and 'including'.

Purpose of this paper is to reveal the reality of few points of discussions on Ulleungdo-Jaenggye with Ahn Yong-bok's behavior during the two time journey to Japan which raised the event of Takeshima Ikken problem. First, this paper review Ahn Yong-bok's trait of behavior the based on Japan materials, and secondly tried to prove the reality of receiving the official letter from Edo Bafuku during his journey to Edo which described in Sukjong-silrok of Korean official record. The distance from Tottori to Edo is about 700km and takes a month to reach. However, looking at the record of his first and second journey to Japan, there is no enough month time gap of a month, which explains no possibility of Ahn Yong-bok's journey from Tottori to Edo. So he did not receive the official letter from Edo Bafuku. However, the is a possibility of his confusion on Tottori Castle to Edo Castle. If he had received the official letter, he might have received it from Tottori Han Governor. But the historical records on his deprived letter in the record about Ahn Yong-bok in Sukjong-silrok of Korean official record. the record should be proved. It should be recommended that the research and analysis on the historical records based on Japan part is necessary with Korean part as well.

Nikko Shugen, one of the sects of Shugen-dō, is believed to have been introduced in Nikko from Kumano, where Kumano Shugen exists, by Benkaku Hoin, the 24th chief abbot of Mt. Nikko. In this paper, I transcribe the music of an esoteric ritual Saitō Dai Gomaku from Nikko Shugen into a musical score. Analyzing the music in Gomaku, I establish that it contains the Teketetton rhythm pattern that is a part of Sato Kagura which can be found throughout East Japan. Interestingly, the same rhythm pattern can be observed in the step rhythm of the Rinnoji temple dance, Ennen no Mai, in Nikko. In an earlier article, I proposed that this rhythm pattern is derived from the Age Byōshi rhythm pattern in the Komagaku dance music of the ancient Korean peninsula. Therefore, my analysis on the music in Nikko Shugen in this paper is an introduction to “music ethnography,” which considers not only the connection between Japanese regional music, but also the connection between music from various tribes across the world.