Korean History Compilation Committee
The Korean History Compilation Committee was established in June 1925 by the Japanese government. It is also known as Korean History Compilation Society, Association of the Compilation of Korean History, Korean History Compilation Bureau or Society of Compiling Korean History.
According to Article 1 of the Regulation of Korean History Compilation Committee, "Korean History Compilation Committee was administered by the Governor General of Korea and engaged in collecting of Korean historical materials and compilation of Korean history".
A total of 975,534 yen was spent, and a considerable number of books were published. The books can be categorized into Joseon History, History Collection, and Reprint of Historical Records. However, no copies of the Reprint of Historical Records are known to exist today.
Organization
Chairman
- Administrative official of the Governor-General of Korea
Advisors
- Gwon Jung-hyeon
- Pak Yeong-hyo
- Lee Wan-Yong
- Lee Yun-yong
- Naitō Torajirō
- Hattori Unokitchi
- Katsumi Kuroita
- Yamada Saburō
- Hayami Hiroshi
Committee member
- Eo Yunjeok
- Yi Neunghwa
- Shōgo Oda
- Ryū Imanishi
Commission member
Manager
- Inabe and the 3 other people.
Investigator
- Sin Seokho
- Yi Byeongdo
- Hong Hee
- Inaba Iwakichi
- Fujita Ryosaku