The purpose of this paper is no analyze the modes of living and the forms of landownership of the Japanese's who resided in Samlangjin, the key point of waterway and railroad traffics by the crossing of the Nakdong River and the Milling River, and the...
The purpose of this paper is no analyze the modes of living and the forms of landownership of the Japanese's who resided in Samlangjin, the key point of waterway and railroad traffics by the crossing of the Nakdong River and the Milling River, and the Gayangbu line and the Mason line.
The Japanese entered in Samlangjin in earnest with the opening of the Gyeongbu line in 1905. they occupied a lot, built up a town, and run a farm around Samlangjin station(Songjili). On the other hand, most Chosen people lived and worked around Nakdong River station. The former mainly dealt in goods for the Japanese, while the latter did Korean goods and imported cotton goods.
Looking an Japanese occupation, 20-30 percent of the Japanese engaged in agriculture and same percent worked as managers and railroad worker. Except for that, they worked in the various fields of commerce, engineering, a service industry, agriculture. Although they were from a master race, There were non a few the lower laborer and a penny and poor farmer.
Most cultivated lands were fields. A vegetable, a mulberry tree, and a fruit tree as well as a been and a barley were widely cultivated in these field. Cash crops were mainly cultivated by Japanese independent farmers.
Looking an the possessive relations of land, the Japanese owned many lands in Songjili, while The Korean in Samlangli. Sun, most regions around stations was owned by Pajama and Korea Development Company, and others. There were so many absentee landlords in Samlangjin, but there were also many independent farmers and penny farmers as compared with other. Most Korean landowners were local people. There were few large landowners, bun many independent farmers. Sun the majority of Korean people were poor farmers or people who didn't have land.
A decrease in population of the Japanese showed that Japanese imperialism abandoned a colonial policy for a permanent settlement of Japanese. The last measure was no make the Korean assimilate no the Japanese.