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Commissioned Research Report on Takeshima-Related Documents TAKESHIMA FY2015 Cabinet Secretariat Commissioned Research Project Commissioned Research Report on Takeshima-related Documents FY2015 Cabinet Secretariat Commissioned Research Project Commissioned Research Report on Takeshima-related Documents March 2016 Streamgraph Inc. March 2016 Streamgraph Inc. TAKESHIMA CONTENTS 1 Foreword 3 Project Processes 1 Foreword …………………………… 1 In FY2015, Streamgraph Inc. undertook a project for So far, Takeshima-related archive materials have been located and identified by the “Takeshima Issue Research “Research on Takeshima-related Documents” under Group” of the Shimane Prefectural Government, and by individual experts affiliated with the Group. Last fiscal year 2 Scope of Material ………………… 1 commission from the Cabinet Secretariat’s Office of Policy (in FY2014), archive materials were systematically organized in the project for “Research on Takeshima-related Planning and Coordination on Territory and Sovereignty. Documents”, conducted by Shimane Prefecture based on a commission from the Cabinet Secretariat’s Office of Policy 3 Project Processes…………………… 2 The aim of the project was to research and organize Planning and Coordination on Territory and Sovereignty. Some of that research has already been published online on Takeshima-related archive materials existing mainly in the “Takeshima Archives Portal”. 4 Resarch Team Member …………… 2 Shimane Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture, and Tokyo, and then to create a catalog of archive materials and digital The aim of the project this fiscal year was to further enhance and systemize archive research material related to 5 Summary of the Research Outcome image data that could be used for research and other Takeshima, by taking the date of creation of archive materials further back to the Edo period and expanding the purposes. A Research Team of specialists was created with geographical scope from Shimane Prefecture to Tottori Prefecture and Tokyo. In Shimane Prefecture, continuing from (1) Outcome Overview …………… 3 advice from an expert “Research Committee”, and the last fiscal year, the focus was on field research in Oki County and the cities of Matsue and Hamada, where materials project was conducted from July 2015 to March 2016. This (2) Research Chronology…………… 4 from the Edo period and fishery-related materials were collected. report summarizes the outcome of the research. (3) Material Sources and In Tottori Prefecture, Edo-period materials (including documents from the Tottori domain administration) and press Collected Materials……………… 5 It should be noted that this research is not necessarily materials were collected, while in Tokyo, the main focus was on the Diplomatic Historical Archives of the Ministry of exhaustive. Also, the content published in this Report and Foreign Affairs of Japan, the National Archives of Japan, and the National Diet Library. There, various official 6 Holdings of the Research Committee 6 the collection and selection of material in this project has documents, picture maps, maps, sea charts and others housed by each institution were researched and collected. been produced and undertaken based on the judgment of Besides these, fishery-related materials were also researched at the Tokyo University of Marine Science and 7 Examples of the Research Team, in line with advice from the Research Technology Library (Shinagawa) and elsewhere. Committee. They should not be construed as representing Compiled Materials ……………… 7 the views of the Japanese Government. The collected materials were categorized into official documents, press reports and other materials, then 8 Afterword (Research Team) ……… 21 systematically organized with the addition of titles, authors/editors, excerpts, content summaries, how to access and other details, and finally compiled as a catalog of archive material and digital image data. The main aim is to publish the collected materials on Takeshima Archives Portal. Meanwhile, a Research Committee consisting of eminent experts was created to provide advice on the collected 2 Scope of Material materials and on the research undertaken by the Research Team in this project. To assist research on Takeshima, Takeshima-related archive materials mainly existing in Shimane Prefecture, 4 Research Team Member Tottori Prefecture and Tokyo were researched and catalogued, focusing on the period between the 17th The Research Team researched, organized, verified and digitalized Takeshima-related archive century and the 1950s. The research mainly targeted material. The members of the Team were as follows. materials that clarify factual relationships. As well as identifying the locations of these materials as far as Members possible, relevant image data were also collected and organized. Research Supervisor Kenji FUJII Advisor, Takeshima Issue Research, Shimane Prefecture (also a Member of this project’s Research Committee) Senior Researcher Yoshiko YAMASAKI Member, Takeshima Issue Research Group of Shimane Prefectural Government (Terms II and III) Researcher Teruko UCHIDA Temporary Member, Shimane Prefectural Takeshima Reference Room Project Manager Hiroyuki OSAKI Director, Streamgraph Inc. 1... Commissioned Research Report on Takeshima-related Documents Commissioned Research Report on Takeshima-related Documents ... 2 TAKESHIMA 5 Summary of the Research Outcome (2) Research Chronology Period Action taken Areas researched, institutions, content of research, etc. 2015 July 14 Material research Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (1) Outcome Overview in Tokyo July 15 1st Meeting of the Confirmation of research policy and schedule – Locations of some 450 Takeshima-related materials in Shimane, Research Committee July 23 Material research in Shimane Prefecture (Public Records Center, Takeshima Reference Room) Tottori and Tokyo identified, materials catalogued and digitalized – Shimane Prefecture July 24-27 1st Oki research Visited individual households in Nishinoshima Town, Nishinoshima Furusato Museum, and individual households in Okinoshima Town Interviews and material research concerning Takeshima (and Ulleungdo) The locations of approximately 450 Takeshima-related archive materials existing in Shimane, Tottori Prefectures and Tokyo were identified (approx. 120 official documents, August 3-4 Material research Tokyo Metropolitan Archives, National Institute for Defense Studies in Tokyo Library 330 press articles and other materials), and the materials were catalogued and digitalized as images. August 5-7 Material research Visited Akasaki District local historians’ residences and individual in Tottori Prefecture households in Kurayoshi District, conducted interviews and material research concerning Takeshima (and Ulleungdo) The main contents of the materials were as follows. Research on collections at Tottori Prefectural Museum, Tottori Prefecture Public Records Center, and Tottori Prefectural Library (a) Documents on Tottori domain administration and other Edo-period materials August 11-12 2nd Oki research Visited Nishinoshima Furusato Museum and individual households in Ama Town preserved / handed down in Shimane and Tottori Prefectures, and official Interviews and material research concerning Takeshima (and Ulleungdo) documents, picture maps, maps, sea charts and others created since the 17th August 14-29 Material research Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, National Diet century. in Tokyo Library, University of Tokyo (General Library, Historiographical Institute, Meiji (No. 1 in the Examples of Compiled Materials in this Report) Newspapers and Magazine Library, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia), National Research Institute of Fisheries Science Library and Fisheries Museum, National Archives of Japan, and National Institute of Japanese Literature (b) Materials on the incorporation of Takeshima into Shimane Prefecture in 1905 and August 25-27 Material research Tottori Prefectural Fisheries Experiment Station, Sakaiminato City Public the subsequent utilization of Takeshima. in Tottori Prefecture Library (No. 2 in the Examples of Compiled Materials in this report) September 3-13 Material research Shimane Prefectural Fishery Technology, Hamada City Local History in Shimane Prefecture Museum, Iwami Adachi Museum of Art (c) Materials illustrating the situation after the postwar “Presidential Proclamation September 8 Material research Historiographical Institute, the University of Tokyo of Sovereignty over Adjacent Seas” (the so-called “Proclamation of Syngman Rhee in Tokyo National Diet Library Line”) by the Republic of Korea. September 9 Material research Yonago City Library, Municipal Yonago Historical-Museum (No. 3 in the Examples of Compiled Materials in this report) in Tottori Prefecture September 13-16 3rd Oki research Visited individual households in Nishinoshima Town and Okinoshima Town Interviews and material research concerning Takeshima (and Ulleungdo) September 17- Material research Shimane University (also visited Kyoto University, Osaka University and in Shimane Prefecture Kobe Municipal Library for inquiries concerning materials and other work) *Each institution was visited continuously from this time on. October 2- Collected materials Visited institutions engaged in research, photographed materials (photography) (digitalization) November 5 2nd Meeting of the Confirmed outcome of collected materials; discussed creation of catalog Research Committee November 6- Continuation of Confirmed matters raised by the Research Committee, etc., continued related research research on
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