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Journey to Manchukuo on a Government Business by Power of Japanese Artists World

Kim Yongcheol 1

1고려대학교

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ABSTRACT

Japanese artistic leaders sent to work in Manchukuo were primarily members of the Imperial Art Academy of Japan, and served as channels through which the modern Japanese art system was implanted. As such, they were also the true operators of the arts in Manchukuo. Under the planning and support of the Cultural Association of Manchukuo-Japan or Japan’s Ministry of Cultural Project to China, their journeys to Manchukuo were geared toward leading the art world in Manchukuo, the puppet state of Imperial Japan. In particular, although Japanese artists participated as ‘judge consultants’ at several exhibitions such as the 1937 Art Exhibition in Japan and the Manchuria National Exhibition held the following year, they played the roles of bona fide judges in the real. Their roles as ‘judge consultants’ or ‘judges’ was the general operation and management throughout Manchukuo, with ‘deputy minister politics’ under ‘internal direction’ of the Kwantung Army. Their actions not only led to the development of the art of Manchukuo afterward, but also directed war art and strengthened art as propaganda.

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