일본외무성의 독도인식에 대한 고찰 - 1905년 이전을 중심으로 -

Abstract

This paper analyzes the territorial issue between Korea and Japan over Dokdo. Japan’s claim to sovereignty over Dokdo is that ‘Korea has not been aware of Dokdo since ancient times.’ However, Japan’s perception of Dokdo relies on the interpretation of ‘Songdo is part of Ulleungdo’ in the 17th century fishing records of the Oya and Murakawa families and on the interpretation of ‘from this province(此州)’ in the Eunjusihceonghapgi. And another criticism of Korean literature is that Usando, which appears the geographical appendix to the veritable records of king Sejong(Sejong sillok jiriji) and ‘the map of the eight provinces of Korea(Paldo chongdo)’ in the newly enlarged geography of Korea(Sinjeung Dongguk yeoji esungnam)is not Dokdo, but is the same island as Ulleungdo or is Jukdo located 2km northeast of Ulleungdo. However, this claim has been proven to be false by Japanese researchers related to Dokdo. According to Naito and Ikeuchi, in the 17th century fishing records of the Oya and Murakawa families, ‘Songdo is part of Ulleungdo’ literally means that Dokdo is part of Ulleungdo. And a ban, which were issued by the Japanese shogunate at the end of the 17th and early 19th centuries, were measures that forbade the Japanese navigating to Ulleungdo. This shows that, as Ikeuchi asserted, the shogunate banned the Japanese traveling to Ulleungdo included Dokdo. This paper reveals that Dokdo has nothing to do with Japan and examines that Japan’s claim to sovereignty over Dokdo is a fiction through the documents of both Korea and Japan.