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Kim Ahn-Kook(Mo-Jae)’s perception of Japan

  • Journal of Korean Classical Chinese Literature
  • Abbr : 한문고전연구
  • 2009, 19(1), pp.31-53
  • DOI : 10.18213/jkccl.2009.19.1.002
  • Publisher : The Classical Chinese Literature Association of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature

Son Yoo Kyung 1

1단국대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

Diverse studies have been constantly conducted about the exchanges between Chosun and Japan since the late 1980s, making significant performances. However, the subjects of the studies are largely about Chosun delegates that visited Japan 12 times after the Korea‐Japan War[壬辰倭亂], leaving a lot to be desired regarding studies on the exchanges with Japan during the early period of Chosun. While the Chosun delegates’ literary works wrote poems and left descriptions on natural scenes, costumes and customs, the products of the bilateral cultural exchanges were made by those who stayed in Chosun based on what they heard and knew about Japan. This study aims to study the awareness toward Japan held by Mojae[慕齋] Kim Ahn‐Kook[金安國], who worked as an official meeting foreign envoys during the reign of King Jung‐jong[中宗]. Kim Ahn‐Kook never visited Japan in person, but he was recognized as a Japan expert for his constant exchanges with Japanese envoys. Thus, a close look at Kim Ahn‐Kook’s awareness toward Japan is meaningful since it can shed a light on the status of an individual’s exchange activities with Japan and exchanges with envoys. Kim Ahn‐Kook was in charge of a lot of Japanese envoys, but this study focuses on his exchanges with Boong-Jung[弸中] and Ahn-sim-dong-dang[安心東堂] as his exchanges with them were made on a constant basis. It is regrettable that the only available data are Kim Ahn‐Kook’s writings and some records found in Royal Chronicles in examining the awareness toward Japan held by Kim Ahn‐Kook, a scholar in the early Chosun period. Lastly, it is expected that a variety of Japanese literary works addressing the status of literary exchanges with scholars in the early Chosun period are discovers and portrayed.

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