This book discusses how ancient Japanese mythology was utilized
during the colonial period to justify the annexation of Korea to
Japan, with special focus on the god Susanoo. Described as an
ambivalent figure and wanderer between the worlds, Susanoo served
as a foil to set off the sun goddess, who played an important role
in the modern construction of a Japanese national identity. Susanoo
inhabited a sinister otherworld, which came to be associated with
colonial Korea. Imperialist ideologues were able to build on these
interpretations of the Susanoo myth to depict Korea as a dreary
realm at the margin of the Japanese empire that made the imperial
metropole shine all the more brightly. At the same time, Susanoo
was identified as the ancestor of the Korean people. Thus, the
colonial subjects were ideologically incorporated into the
homogeneous Japanese “family state.” The book situates Susanoo
in Japan’s cultural memory and shows how the deity, while being
repeatedly transformed in order to meet the religious and
ideological needs of the day, continued to symbolize the margin of
Japan.
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