ANALYSIS AND CONSIDERATION OF THE BILLS IN GHQ/SCAP RECORDS

Abstract

The Japanese Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties was promulgated on May 30, 1950, and became effective on August 29, 1950, during the occupation period after the World War II. Although the Law has been the basis for the protection of cultural properties in Japan since then, little information that explains the drafting of the Law has been left, and even the basic historical materials, the actual bills of the Law, have been unfound. This paper reveals where the ten bills written in Japanese and the eight bills translated in English for the GHQ/SCAP have been kept, and clarifies the characteristic and transition of the bills by comparing each bill specifically.