Sekino Tadashi’s Korean Architectural Reserch in 1902 and Examination of Korean Architectural Research Report

Sekino Tadashi is a person who contributed to archaeology, architectural research, and art preservation. Starting from Korean Historical Architectural Research in 1902, he conducted 29 research on Korea until 1935 and wrote the first Korean Art History. Also, he published 15 illustrated books about relics of Chosun. This research questions about the meaning and subject of Sekino Tadashi’s research. The record of his research is our base source; it is in danger of vanishing because of difficulties to approach and preserve after liberation of Kaesong and Pyongyang. At the same time, this research remarks on the fact that people from Chosun were excluded from relic investigation of Chosun; it focuses on the possibility of double󰠏sidedness from differential and distorted gaze of orientalists and colonialists’ view. Especially, it shows the path of Sekino’s research focusing on Korean Architectural Research in 1902 that has special meaning because it is the first historical record, which is rooted in his diary that was recently published. It examines Korean Architectural Research Report by Tokyo University in order to identify the meaning.