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The Asakawa Brothers’ and Yanagi Muneyoshi’s Understanding of Korean Traditional Culture in the Colonial Period ―Focusing on their early activity―

  • Journal of Japanese Culture
  • 2018, (79), pp.5-31
  • DOI : 10.21481/jbunka..79.201811.5
  • Publisher : The Japanese Culture Association Of Korea (Jcak)
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature
  • Received : October 10, 2018
  • Accepted : November 9, 2018
  • Published : November 30, 2018

Lee, Sang-Jin 1

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ABSTRACT

This study analyzes the Asakawa Brothers’and Yanagi Muneyoshi’s theories of Korean traditional culture in colonial Korea, to investigate the process of their research and the content of their writings, and to examine the characteristics of their views of Korean and its traditions. The Asakawa Brothers’and Yanagi Muneyoshi traveled in Korea in 1916 and recognized “unique beauty” in Korean traditional culture, which was closely connected to the lives of the Korean people. In 1924, they established the National Folk Museum of Korea in Seoul to preserve and transmit this beauty. In this study, I argue that their strong will and conviction are manifested in the “beauty of harmony” and “beauty of intimacy” of Korean traditional culture that they sought as they established the National Folk Museum of Korea, which was the fruit of their union.

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