Colonial Korea
When Imperial Japan annexed Korean Empire, making Seoul its colonial capital. While under colonial rule (1910–1945), the city was called Keijō ({lang|ja|京城}}; Korean: 경성; {Kyongsong). Keijo was an urban prefecture (부 府) like present-day Kyoto or Osaka having 2 wards : Keijo itself and Ryozan-gu. The Governor-General Government Building served as the seat of the colonial government of Colonial Korea and was later torn down in 1995.
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General-Government building of Chosēn.
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Seoul Station.
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Seoul City Hall.
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Chosēn Commercial Bank Head Office.
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Gyeongseong (Keijo) Nippo Company Building.
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“Are you there, Africa with the bulging chest and oblong thigh? Sulking Africa, wrought of iron, in the fire, Africa of the millions of royal slaves, deported Africa, drifting continent, are you there? Slowly you vanish, you withdraw into the past, into the tales of castaways, colonial museums, the works of scholars.”
—Jean Genet (1910–1986)