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The Korean Press in Occupied Japan

This guide assists you to find the materials published by the Korean press during the early years of Occupation of Japan (1945-1949), housed in the Gordon W. Prange Collection, University of Maryland Libraries.

HOW TO SEARCH AND ACCESS BOOKS PUBLISHED BY THE KOREAN PRESS

There are approximately 71,000 book titles in the Prange Collection.  THe UMD Libraries, in partnership with the National Diet Libary of Japan, currently digitizing the entire book collection.

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Visit this page for searching and accessing the books.

The inventory was created by the Prange Collection staff.  NOTE: The list is not complete and is subject to change without notice.  The copyright of the inventory remains to the Prange Collection.  The inventory may be used for research purpose only.  

EXAMPLES OF BOOKS (Click image to enlarge)

初等朝鮮地理 : 全/Shoto Chosen Chiri: Zen (Call No. 301-0040)  
Published by 在日本朝鮮人聯盟中央總本部 (1946)

 

 

 

初等朝鮮地理 : 全/Shoto Chosen Chiri: Zen (Call No. 301-0040g)  This is the galley of 301-0040.
Published by 在日本朝鮮人聯盟中央總本部 (1946)

 

 

 

이소브 이야기/Isobu iyagi (Call No. 301-0047)  
Published by 在日本朝鮮人聯盟中央總本部文敎部 (1946)

 

 

 

「五中」少年敎育分科委員会結論提示의 件 (Call No. AC-1037)
Published by 在日本朝鮮民主青年同盟總本部 (1948)

 

解放詩選集  (Call No. PL-60002)  
Published by 在日本朝鮮人聯盟中央總本部 (1946)

 

 

 

Other example books are: 미술. 1,2學年用" (301-0037v_1), 헤엄 = 水泳. 基礎練習編 上 (301-0053), Dokuritsu shidōsha Boku Retsu/"獨立指導者・朴烈" (DS-1506), Chosen nenpyo = The chronology of Korea/朝鮮年表 = The chronology of Korea" (DS-1517), 日本に於ける反朝鮮民族運動史 (DS-1502), 人間朴烈について (DS-9058g)