| Title |
The Disposal and Removal of the Gyeongbokgung Palace's Buildings during the Japanese Ruling Era |
| Authors |
Park Sung-Jin ; Woo Don-Son |
| Keywords |
Palace Architecture ; Gyeongbokgung Palace ; Yungmundang ; Yungmudang ; Jaseondang ; Bihyeongak ; Hongmungwan ; Seonwonjeon ; Disposal ; Removal ; Conversion ; Japanese Ruling Era |
| Abstract |
A large portion of Gyeongbokgung Palace is removed through Korea and Japan Annexation in 1910 and Joseon Production Exhibition in 1915 for its fifth administrative year. As the ownership and authority over the Palace was moved to Japan after the Annexation, about 4,000 rooms of the Palace were sold to ten Korean and Japanese civilians at the price from 15 to 25 hwan per each room. And also when Japan was preparing for Joseon Production Exhibition in July 1914, Heungryemun in front of Geunjeongjeon and fifteen buildings and nine doors at Donggung were sold at 11,374.70 won. During the Japanese ruling Era, the rooms which were destroyed or moved outside Gyeongbokgung are up to 356 rooms out of 509 buildings shown in Bukgwoldohyeong, the plan of the layout of Gyeongbokgung Palace and its rear garden. Yungmundang and Yungmudang at Gyeongbokgung Palace's rear garden, and Jaseondang and Bihyeongak at Donggung, and Hongmungwan and Seonwonjeon within the Palace were parts that were moved to the civilians' residences and temples under the Japanese colonial rule. Even nowadays some rooms such as Yungmundang are being moved or are used for another purpose irrelevant to its historical background. |