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In Korea, which was invaded and colonized by the Japanese Empire, many important cultural items and valuable arts and crafts fell into the hands of the Japanese. This was influenced by the unequal relationship between the ruling and the ruled. Additionally, there are cultural properties related to colonial rule, including buildings constructed by the Japanese for use in their own activities, that remain in both North and South Korea. Conversely, some well-known historic sites in Japan also bear the history of forced Korean labor.
 
This "Negative Heritage" cannot innocently serve as a celebration of a glorious past. However, recognizing this "Negative Heritage" can catalyze not only our vow to never repeat past mistakes, but also a collective mourning for the victims. At the same time, examining how cultural properties from Korea were brought to Japan and repatriating them to their rightful places will help alleviate ethnic grievances related to history and greatly contribute to friendship among the countries involved. Alternatively, there is also considerable significance in preserving and widely conveying cultural heritage related to the history of Koreans in Japan.
 
This book takes that perspective in discussing the situation surrounding the cultural properties of colonial Korea, diplomatic negotiations for historical reconciliation after the collapse of the Japanese Empire, cultural property policies in South and North Korea, activities related to preserving the history of Koreans in Japan, and museum exhibitions. In doing so, consideration is also given to historical context as well as international relations, laws, and policies. First, regarding the colonial period, this study clarifies that the Japanese Government-General of Korea enacted cultural property protection policies to justify its rule, and that there were nationalist movements among Koreans to preserve their own cultural properties and commemorate their history, as well as activities among Japanese people who interacted with them.
 
Regarding Korea post liberation, it has been pointed out that the 1965 agreement to normalize diplomatic relations between Japan and Korea did not mandate the return of cultural properties that were unlawfully taken, with the issue of repatriation remaining a challenge. Moreover, in South Korea today, new policies centered on the Basic National Heritage Law are starting to be implemented to break away from the system of cultural property administration put in place during the colonial period. Meanwhile, regarding North Korea, an introduction is provided on efforts within the country’s archeology and history academia to transcend existing perceptions of the colonial period and movements to protect cultural property through inter-Korean cooperation. Additionally, references are made to efforts among Koreans in Japan to establish museums on collections of their own cultural properties and archival facilities to convey their history.
 
While there are many works discussing Japan-South Korea and Japan-North Korea relations, none have provided a broader discourse focused on cultural properties until now. This work will hopefully be a reference for anyone interested in Japan-Korea and Japan-North Korea relations. Furthermore, in recent years, there has been growing global interest in questions about who cultural properties belong to, why they should be preserved, how they should be utilized, and the repatriation of cultural properties taken from colonized or occupied areas. This work is presented in the hopes that it can serve as a guide to examining these issues.
 

(Written by TONOMURA Masaru, Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences / 2024)