On the shore of the country, he deceitfully said, “If you do not surrender, we will release these ferocious animals and you will be trampled to death. “…Then he made many wooden lion figures, divided them up, and loaded them on warships. “…When government official Lee Sa-bu became commander of Haseullaju, he said, “The people of Usan-guk are ignorant and savage and would be difficult to subdue by force, but we can use cunning…” Even many ancient Chosun maps show the locations of these burial sites by marking the locations as “石葬”. Because the tombs were highly visible stone structures above the ground, the tombs on Ulleungdo were recorded throughout history. The survey team tried to get the exact locations of the tombs on the island as well as excavate them. By then, a lot of the tombs had been either looted or destroyed. (click image)The excavation of relics on Ulleungdo was first undertaken by the Korea’s National Museum in 19, which was after Korea’s liberation from Japan. To the right, a Korean archeologist surveys tomb # 38 at Ulleungdo’s Hyeon Po Ri in the year 1957. Notably, Torii Ryujo took a photographer with him when he went to Ulleungdo between late October and November of 1917 searching for relics in Hyeon Po, Cheonbu, Namyang, Namseori etc. The most prominent members of the archeological team were Torii Ryujo and Professor Fujita Ryosaku of Japan. The archeological search for traces of ancient people on Ulleungdo started during the era of Japan’s colonial rule over Korea.
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