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Old Japanese map that marks East Sea as [Sea of Joseon] restored

 (Photo: Yonhap News)

The National Archives of Korea (NAK) of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security announced Monday (Jul. 12) that they had restored the early 19th century Japanese map titled 新訂萬國全圖 that marked the seaway between Korea and Japan as “Sea of Joseon.” Joseon was the old name of Korea from 1392-1910. 


The map, 202 centimeters in length and 118 centimeters in width, was drawn up in 1807 by Takahashi Kakeyasu (高橋景保), an astronomer of the Edo Period. It has been preserved in the central library of Seoul National University for some time, ragged at the edges and its covers partially torn. The map was printed from a copperplate in 1810.


It took more than a year to restore the old map going through basic research, eliminating stains and dirt and complementing erased information. The process began in May 2009 and ended in 2010.


The map is viewed as one of the important pieces of evidence to back up Korea’s argument for the proper name of the sea that divides Korea and Japan. Currently, the place is more frequently referred to in English as “Sea of Japan.” Korea has been pointing out that the original name used for the sea is “Sea of Korea” or “East Sea.”


By Kim Hee-sung
Korea.net Staff Writer

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