Korean Laborers in Modern Era Matsugasaki, Rakuhoku Area

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  • Takano. A
    京都大学人文科学研究所「移民の近代史」研究班・千葉商科大学商経学部

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  • 洛北松ケ崎地区の近代と朝鮮人労働者
  • ラクホクマツガサキ チク ノ キンダイ ト チョウセンジン ロウドウシャ

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Abstract

Matsugasaki is an ancient area in Kyoto, where the tradition of the Emperor's Hundred Farmers dates back to the Heian capital's establishment. Slow to industrialize in the modern era, relatively fewer Korean laborers are employed in Matsugasaki than in adjacent districts. Yet, a few Koreans were employed in the area, for example, at the Oriental Ramie Weaving Company, Ltd (T?y? Rami Shokufu KK), a factory built during the economic boom of the First World War. A domestic labor shortage at that time saw the hiring of Koreans in Japan's textile industry, a practice common in Kyoto's Nishijin District. In the 1920s, Korean workers helped construct Matsugasaki purification plant to support Kyoto's burgeoning population. In this case, as also in the Takano River gravel quarrying and the Kyoto High School of Arts and Technology's construction (Kyoto K?t? K?gei Gakk?), Koreans were employed alongside Buraku people. Koreans working with Buraku people in gravel quarrying and civil constructions was also common in Kyoto. Thus, while Matsugasaki may not have employed Korean workers extensively, the employment conditions for Koreans there should be seen as typical of Kyoto.

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  • 人文學報

    人文學報 105 141-159, 2014-06-30

    THE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN HUMANITIES, KYOTO UNIVERSITY

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