일제강점기 '묘지규칙'을 통해 본 식민자와 피식민자의 간극 - 한국인의 반응과 제도상의 문제점을 중심으로 -

초록

The Japanese Government-General of Korea legislated “the Regulation ofCemetery, Burial and Cremation”(the Regulation of Cemetery) in 1912. Theyjudged there were no problems because the Regulation came into effect alreadyin Japan and Taiwan. They recognized necessity of the Regulation, but they didn’tknow and didn’t want to know about meanings of a grave in Korean culture. Also they didn’t have a financial capacity to make new cemetery. So there weremany potential problems in the Regulation of Cemetery. Meanwhile, Korean had a strong dissatisfaction on the Regulation of Cemeterybecause they accepted the regulation as an ethnic discrimination or oppression. However, They didn’t vent their frustration as a group but tried break awayindividually to solve their grave problems. So there were many the Regulationviolators throughout the Japanese Colonial Period. This phenomenon shows usa gap between colonized and colonizers frankly, and it was an inevitable consequencein the colony. Before long, the Japanese Government-General of Korea ease off the regulationto pacify Korean’s dissatisfaction. This relaxation of the regulation, however, madedifference to only few rich and influential Korean. And moreover, they interpretedthe relaxation as they liked. After all, the relaxation of the regulation couldn’treduce the violators and caused an increase of private cemeteries. This was beyondall the Japanese Government-General’s expectations, and these phenomenon wereinevitable in the colonial situation. Efficiency was top priority to Colonizers and the colonizers could push forward policies plainly in the colony. In this situation, they regarded the colonized andtheir culture, custom as nothing very easily. The colonized, however, could takethis situation as the ethnic discrimination. The conflict over the Regulation showsthat a compulsory cultural change is never easy especially death culture, and thatwas the same in the Japanese Colonial Period.

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