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This paper is aimed to trace a formation of Japanese culture’s inner side that talk about the Korea-related ghost stories in the Meiji and Taisho period. For this, in this paper, forcused on Kim, Ok-gyun’s ghost story not have to be introduced in the academic circles until present time. This paper determine not only to the excavation and presentation of materials about Kim Ok-gyun, but also to political stance of Modern Japan coupled with Korea. While Kim Ok-gyun is a person who occupies a significant position in the history of Korea, he did not have to be imagined as a ghost in Korea. The fact that has been representation as a ghost in the literature and article that has been written by Japanese, show us that political desire lies behind that.