Colony of Chōsen
Colony of Japan (1910-1945)
Location: Korea
Capital City: Keijō (modern Seoul)
Government type: Japanese Colony
Main languages: Japanese, Korean
Main religions: Confucianism, Buddhism, Shinto, Daoism, Korean Shamanism, Cheondoism
Chronology
1910: Korea is annexed by Japan
1919-1921: March First Movement against Japanese rule, leads to founding of Korean government in exile in Shanghai
1945: Japanese rule in Korea ends after WWII, Korea split between Soviet-occupied north and American-ocucpied south
Currency
Yen (1910-1945)
1 Yen = 100 Sen
Banknotes from Japanese Korea in the collection
•1 Yen, 1945 (Emperor Shōwa (1926-1945), P#38)