Japanese Archeological Work on The Asiatic Continent in 1937 and 1938

Reischauer, Edwin O.

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“…An would watch the ritual day and night, and mimic the singing and dancing of the shaman. Using her father's rec ord player, she often listened to recordings of famous p'ansori singers such as Song Man'gap (1866-1939), Chŏng Chŏngyŏl (1876-1938), Yi Tongbaek (1867-1950, Yi Hwajungsŏn, and Pak Nokchu, as well as to recordings of Kyŏnggi minyo by professional singers such as Yi Chinhong (1892-?) and Yi Chinbong (1896-?).…”

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Broken Voices

Maliangkay¹

2017

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Broken Voices is the first English-language book on Korea’s rich folksong traditions, and the first study of the effects of Japanese colonialism on the intangible heritage of its former colony. Maliangkay demonstrates that South Korea’s cultural preservation system, one of the world’s most elaborate, is deeply rooted in the period of Japanese colonial rule. He describes how the three largest folksong traditions, which have all been passed on in and around Seoul, have developed prior to and after becoming recognized as national cultural properties. Although continued government funding for Korea’s national heritage has won over many skeptics, close analysis of the traditions reveals that they have changed significantly since their official designation as Important Intangible Cultural Property. Those changes are, however, not caused by the prevailing image of Japan only, or the system per se, but by a combination of socio-political and economic factors. Since traditions that fail to attract practitioners and audiences are unsustainable, compromises may be unwelcome, but imperative.

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Broken Voices

Maliangkay¹

2017

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“…Even at the height of Japan's invasion of China in the late 1930s, for example, Warner's Harvard colleague and doyen of Japanese history, Edwin O. Reischauer, was full of praise for the empire's excavations for yielding 'startling new discoveries,' and expressed relief that 'military conditions permitting,' Japanese archaeological activities would continue in northern and central China under military occupation. 26 Indeed, in more ways than one, the elevated standing of Japan among Asian countries continued into the postwar period. By its own admission, the Roberts Commission acknowledged that only Japan was given attention comparable to that of the European activity by the 'Monuments Men.'…”

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Colonial Plunder and the Failure of Restitution in Postwar Korea

Kim

2017

Journal of Contemporary History

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This article evaluates the US ‘Monuments Men’ operations in Korea, focusing on wartime and postwar efforts undertaken by the government of the USA to preserve and restore artwork seized by Japan. The Asian initiative, conceived a year after the European model was established, likewise drew upon cultural, intellectual, and academic resources. Yet fundamental differences in personnel, perceptions of Korean cultural backwardness, prevailing imperialist attitudes, and Cold War sensibilities rendered a very different kind of project. Ultimately the ‘Monuments Men’ succeeded primarily in preserving the cultural patrimony of Japan, but it failed to recover any plundered objects from Korea, or the rest of Asia for that matter. Focusing on the US deliberations regarding repatriation of Korean looted art, this article lays bare both the US preoccupation with maintaining the national interests of its newest ally, and exposes an understanding of East Asian cultural hierarchy that privileged Japan’s artistic achievement and modern society above all.

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Japanese Archeological Work on The Asiatic Continent in 1937 and 1938

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