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Japanese Recognition on Ulleungdo and Dokdo in Regard of the Case of Tenpo-Takeshima-Ikken(天保竹島一件)

Song, Hwi-Young 1

1영남대학교 독도연구소

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper is to verify the Japanese Hachiemon(八右衛門)'s recognition on Ulleungdo and Dokdo by chase him of the central role in the Case of Tenpo-Takeshima-Ikken(天保竹島一件). There was least Japanese invasion to the islands of Ulleungdo·Dokdo after the event of Ahn Yong-bok. But Korean(Choseon) fishers continuously landed on the island and Japanese might have landed secretly on the islands to fish often. They should have smuggled secretly but the fact was not revealed until Hahiemon event breaking out. This paper revealed as follows. First, as known the purpose of Hachiemon to cross to Ulleungdo was logging trees on the island but his main activity on the island was to smuggle the products from Philippine, China, and Southeast Asia. Second, Hachiemon at the time crossed to Ulleungdo on the basis of Ohya(大谷) family map during the Kenroku period and he created new map. The map he used and submitted to the court during the Bafuku lawsuit explain the recognition of Hachiemon on Ulleungdo and Dokdo. The two maps also expressed the two island red color as the same color of Korean (Choseon) territory. This fact reflected the recognition of Japanese who have lived around Sanin region on the two islands.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.