@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00029150, author = {逆井, 聡人 and SAKASAI, Akito}, journal = {JunCture : 超域的日本文化研究}, month = {Mar}, note = {Resident Korean (or Zainichi) writer Kim Tal-su's fictional work, Hachi Ichigo Igo (After August 15th), depicts the situation of Koreans in Japan immediately after the collapse of the Japanese empire. In the text, the land of Japan is regarded as ikyo (異郷, a foreign land) by the protagonist, Lee Yeong-yong. This paper examines the view of repainting the immediate postwar landscape of Japan as ikyo through the eyes of Koreans and casts new light upon the fixed spatial image of postwar Japan as represented by the widely shared image of the yakeato (焼跡, burnt-out ruins) landscape, which is closely connected with the Japanese national imagination. Specifically, this paper attempts to explore how this literary text represents the struggle experienced by the Korean people against the contemporary political and social context. The tension in the relationship between the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese islands is depicted through the returning-home movement of Korean people in and out of the border of immediate postwar Japan. Additionally, I closely investigate sections that were rewritten by the author in 1950, and analyze the significance of rewriting in relation to the historical context of the resident Koreans in japan around 1950. While exploring the text, I will also make a reference to yamiichi (闇市 black markets) in the immediate postwar Japan and argue its functions in relation to the forced process of assimilation of the Korean people in their need for survival. In conclusion, I argue that reading Hachi Ichigo Igo from these perspectives urges us to critically re-question and deconstruct the predominantly nationalistic discourse in post-1945 Japan centering on the idea of ethnic differences and integration.}, pages = {66--78}, title = {金達寿「八・一五以後」における「異郷」の空間表象}, volume = {5}, year = {2014} }