Editing Agency of Korean History
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Korean History Compilation Committee was established in June 1925 by the Japanese government of Royal edict. It is also known as "Korean History Compilation Society", "Association of the Compilation of Korean History", "Korean History Compilation Bureau" or "Society of Compiling Korean History".
According to the Article 1 of the Regulation of Korean History Compilation Committee (朝鮮史編修会官制, 1925), "Korean History Compilation Committee was administered by the Governor General of Korea and engaged in collecting of Korea
n historical materials and compilation of Korean history".
means "history of Korea"; means "to compile"; means "committee" or "society".
A total of 975,534 yen (not adjusted for inflation) was spent, and a considerable amount of books were published. The books can be categorized into Joseon History (25 volumes), History Collection (102 volumes), and Reprint of Historical Records (1623 volumes). However, no copies of the Reprint of Historical Records are known to exist today.
According to the Article 1 of the Regulation of Korean History Compilation Committee (朝鮮史編修会官制, 1925), "Korean History Compilation Committee was administered by the Governor General of Korea and engaged in collecting of Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
n historical materials and compilation of Korean history".
means "history of Korea"; means "to compile"; means "committee" or "society".
A total of 975,534 yen (not adjusted for inflation) was spent, and a considerable amount of books were published. The books can be categorized into Joseon History (25 volumes), History Collection (102 volumes), and Reprint of Historical Records (1623 volumes). However, no copies of the Reprint of Historical Records are known to exist today.
Advisors
- Gwon Jung-hyeon (권중현, 權重顯)
- Pak Yeong-hyo (박영효, 朴泳孝)
- Lee Wan-YongLee Wan-YongLee Wan-Yong was a pro-Japanese minister of Korea, who signed the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty, which placed Korea under Japanese rule in 1910....
(이완용, 李完用) - Lee Yun-yong (이윤용, 李允用)
- Naitō TorajirōNaito TorajiroNaitō Torajirō , commonly known as Naitō Konan , was a Japanese historian and Sinologist. He was the founder of the Kyoto School of historiography, and along with Shiratori Kurakichi , was one of the leading Japanese historians of East Asia in the early twentieth century...
(內藤虎次郞) - Hattori Unokitchi (服部宇之吉)
- Katsumi Kuroita (黒板勝美)
- Yamada Saburō (山田三良)
- Hayami Hiroshi (速水滉)
Committee member
- Eo Yunjeok (어윤적, 魚允迪)
- Yi Neunghwa (이능화, 李能和)
- Shōgo Oda (小田省吾)
- Ryū Imanishi (今西龍)
Investigator
- Sin Seokho (신석호, 申奭鎬)
- Yi ByeongdoYi ByeongdoLee Byeong-do was a Korean historian. He is often associated with the Japanese colonial view of Korean history.-Biography:* 1927: Started working in Korean History Compilation Committee* 1934: Founding Jindan Institute...
(이병도, 李丙燾) - Hong Hee (홍희, 洪熹)
- Inaba Iwakitchi (稲葉岩吉)
- Fujita Ryosaku (藤田亮策)