Populist Collaborators: The Ilchinhoe and the Japanese Colonization of Korea, 1896–1910 by Yumi Moon

Author:Yumi Moon [Moon, Yumi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Asia, Korea, Political Science, Imperialism
ISBN: 9780801467950
Google: -_2tDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Cornell
Published: 2013-04-30T14:05:49+00:00

First, the emperor should visit in person the ancestral shrine of the royal lineage [chongmyo sajik], the imperial shrine [hwangdan], and the ancestral tombs, and perform the proper ritual ceremonies.

Second, at the party celebrating his enthronement, the emperor should don the full ceremonial dress and the Western-style crown that the monarchs of civilized countries wear on such occasions. And before doing so, the emperor should personally undergo the haircutting ceremony.

Third, after changing the title of the reign, the emperor was to promulgate the solar calendar, in order to coordinate the domestic calendar with foreign ones, though for farmers the twenty-four lunar seasonal terms [chŏlgi] would be added after the solar calendar.

Fourth, the societies (or associations) in the capital would be permitted to attend the party celebrating the enthronement and represent their members in greeting the new throne.

Fifth, outside the capital, all societies and people were to organize celebratory assemblies in their prefectures and districts [pugun], and even in counties or villages they could hold such ceremonies.

Sixth, the flag of Great Korea [Taehan kukki] was to be flown throughout the country to respect the body of the state [kukch’e] and to represent the glory of the state [kukkwang].

Seventh, in accord with the old rituals of the ancestral reigns and the new circumstances, the emperor was to bestow imperial greetings, celebration, and gifts on the people and the elders in the country.

Eighth, Korea was to send an emissary to Japan to renew and solidify the friendship between the Korean emperor and the Japanese emperor.

Ninth, the new emperor was to grant amnesty to the refugees (in Japan) accused of high treason and permit them to be repatriated, in order to clear the suspicion between Korea and Japan.

Tenth, the complicated and ornate style of traditional palace documents was to be eliminated in favor of simple and convenient forms, in order to show the spirit of the new civilization.81

The Ilchinhoe also presented a thirteen-article proposal to the cabinet, in which they explicitly demanded the establishment of a limited monarchy:

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