Keijō Imperial University
| Keijō Imperial University ( 京城 帝国 大学 ) |
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|---|---|
| activity | April 1926 - August 1946 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Keijō |
| country | Japanese Empire |
| Keijō Imperial University | |
|---|---|
| Japanese name | |
| Kanji | 京城 帝国 大学 |
| Rōmaji after Hepburn | Keijō Teikoku Daigaku |
| Japanese short name | |
| Kanji | 城 大 |
| Rōmaji after Hepburn | Jōdai |
| Korean name | |
| Hangeul | 경성 제국 대학 |
| Hanja | 京城 帝國 大學 |
| Revised Romanization | Gyeongseong Jeguk Daehak |
| McCune-Reischauer | Kyŏngsŏng Cheguk Taehak |
The Imperial University of Keijō was a historical Japanese university that existed in Chōsen between 1924 and 1946, until shortly after the end of World War II . She was in Keijō (Seoul). It was the first predecessor of Seoul National University .
history
The university was founded by Japan in 1924 in the town of the same name in the Keikidō sub-province as the sixth of the nine imperial universities of the Japanese Empire . The place was then the main administrative seat of the Japanese province of Chosen, which extended over the entire Korean peninsula .
After the end of World War II, the province gained independence from Japan. This was accompanied by the change in the national language there from Japanese to Korean. As a result, the Kanjis , which formed the name of the Imperial University of Keijōs ( 京城 帝国 大学 ), were now used with their Korean pronunciation and the term "imperial" was omitted: Keijō Teikoku Daigaku became Kyŏngsŏng Taehak (German University of Kyŏngsŏng ). With independence it also became the first university in the emerging South Korea .
The university was closed on August 22, 1946 by Ordinance No. 102 of the now established US military government. At the same time, the university was merged with nine other colleges to form the Seoul National University.
management
- Ariyoshi Chūichi ( Japanese 有 吉 忠 一 ): May 1924 – July 1924
- Shimooka Tadaharu ( 下 岡 忠 治 ): July 1924 – November 1925
- Yuasa Kurahei ( 湯 浅 倉 平 ): December 1925 – April 1926
- Hattori Unokichi ( 服 部 宇 之 吉 ): April 1926 – July 1927
- Matsuura Yasujirō ( 松浦 鎮 次郎 ): July 1927 – October 1929
- Shiga Kiyoshi ( 志 賀 潔 ): October 1929 – October 1931
- Yamada Saburō ( 山田 三 良 ): October 1931 – January 1936
- Hayami Hiroshi ( 速 水 滉 ): January 1936 – July 1940
- Shinoda Jisaku ( 篠 田 治 策 ): July 1940 – March 1944
- Yamaga Shinji ( 山 家 信 次 ): March 1944 – August 1945