（ハート出版）崔 吉城（広島大学名誉教授・東亜大学教授）
２０１３年８月、韓国で『日本軍慰安所管理人の日記』（イスプ社）という本が発売され、大きな話題となりました。
韓国では日本軍による慰安婦強制動員の「決定的資料」だとして大きく取り上げられました。ところが、この『日記』を読んでいく限り、戦地ですから当然慰安所の秩序維持、規制を軍が行っていた事がわかりますが、同時に慰安所の経営は民間人が、そして慰安婦は経営者の募集によって集まってきたものであることも明らかになってきます。
管理人ですが、かなり高収入であることも分かります。２千円、５百円、６百円と送金していますが、上等兵の月給が１０円であったことからすると相当な高収入です。管理人と経営者の間、といった存在で、十分なお金を持っている時には経営も手がけていた様子も書かれています。
崔吉城氏は、韓国内での一方的な議論よりこの原文を読んでもらうことが、慰安所、慰安婦の実態が理解してもらえるだろうと考えて、この日記の主要部分を第５章に転載したものです。貴重な同時代資料と思いますのでお読みいただければと思います。
＊日本語原文：http://hassin.org/01/wp-content/uploads/usco5.pdf
英文版は下記のとおり海外向けに発信しました。
平成２７年９月２８日 「史実を世界に発信する会」茂木弘道拝
The Origins of the US Army’s Korean Comfort Women (HEART PRESS)
By Choi Kilsung,
Professor at University of East-Asia, Professor Emeritus at Hiroshima University
(6) Chapter 5 Diary of a Japanese Military Brothel Manager
In August 2013, the publication of the book, Diary of a Japanese Military Brothel Manager, caused a major sensation in South Korea. In South Korea, it was widely regarded as being “definitive evidence” of the forced recruitment of Korean comfort women by the Japanese Army. However, if we read through this diary objectively, we reach an entirely different impression—the army comfort stations were run by private dealers and the comfort women were employed by them, even if orderly running of the brothels was per army regulations because of their location near battle zones.
The brothel manager was not merely a manager but under some conditions he was the proprietor. He sent home ￥500, 600 or even 2,000. This shows that his earnings was quite high, considering that a Japanese private first class soldier’s monthly pay was ￥10.
Prof. Choi included major parts of the Diary in Chapter 5 since he assumed that it would be better to for the reader to judge for themselves concerning the nature of the comfort stations and comfort women, to read the Diary rather than just discussing the matter.
In grasping the real nature of the comfort women, I think that the Diary is valuable as primary source material.
*Chapter 5 content; http://www.sdh-fact.com/CL/Chapter-51.pdf
*Author profile: http://www.sdh-fact.com/auther/choi-kilsung
*Introduction & Contents: http://www.sdh-fact.com/CL/Introduction-TOC-.pdf
*Chapter 1: The Korean War as I Experienced It
http://www.sdh-fact.com/CL/Chapter-1-US-Armys-Korean-comfort-women.pdf
*Chapter 2: From Rape to Prostitution
http://www.sdh-fact.com/CL/Chapter-2-US-Armys-Korean-comfort-women.pdf
*Chapter 3: The Spread of Prostitution
http://www.sdh-fact.com/CL/Chapter-3-US-Armys-Korean-comfort-women.pdf
*Chapter 4 content; http://www.sdh-fact.com/CL/Chapter-4.pdf
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