| Title |
Spatial Transformation and Recognition on the Territory of Busosan Mountain in the Japanese Colonial Era |
| Authors |
권오영(Kwon, Oh-Young) ; 김영재(Kim, Young-Jae) |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2020.36.6.75 |
| Keywords |
Mt. Busosan; Busosanseong Mountain Fortress; Gwanbukri Archaeological Sites; Ancient Capital; Buyeo Grand Shrine |
| Abstract |
The Busosan Mountain area is a historic site that is believed to have housed the royal palace of Sabi, the last capital of Baekje Kingdom
from 538 until Baekje's fall to Silla in 660, and its attached facilities, as well as the mountains behind it. Based on the results of the
long-term excavation, the southern foothills of the Busosan Mountain area continued to be used as an administrative place through the
Unified Silla and Joseon Dynasties after the fall of Baekje Kingdom. The most dramatic recognition on the Busosan Mountain area began to
appear in the Japanese colonial era. The place was regarded as a sacred site to aggressively push Koreans to assimilate to Japanese culture
under the Naeseon Ilche or ‘Korea and Japan are One’ beyond the image of the old Baekje metropolis. It is upgraded as a sacred land for
the construction of a Grand Shinto Shrine. Along with such a change of recognition, there were physical changes to the place accompanied
by the reconstruction led by the Buyeo Historic Sites Preservation Society (Buyeo Gojeok Bojonhoe) for the renovation of historic sites for
tourism. For them, the topographies of some spots (currently Samchungsa Shrine) have been transformed along the southern foot of the Mt.
Busosan. |