조선후기 통제와 교류의 장소, 부산 왜관

Abstract

Waegwan from 17th to 19thcentury only existed in Dongnae. Waegwan was a place of importance for the regulation of the relationship between Japan and Chosun, Japan and Dongnae and Tsushima and Dongnae. One year after the establishment of New Waegwan in 1679, the range was set on the entry of the Japanese people. The control over the routes which connects Sakanosita to Old Waegwan was strengthened. The place for the open trade was ‘Gaeshi-daecheong’(the open main hall). Gaeshi-daecheong was the most legitimate place for the merchants of Chosun to enter Waegwan for trading. However, the place was not open to all merchants but the place where strict hierarchy existed for traders or trade goods. The hierarchy did not only exist within the border of Waegwan but hierarchical place existed outside and inside of Waegwan in the likes of Gaeshi and Joshi(early-morning market). Joshi was the early-morning market set up in the front entrance to Waegan to provide necessities for the Japanese such as fishes, fruits, vegetables and rice. This was the place of exchange in the most direct manner between the Chosun(the people of Chosun) and the Japanese. Even this place was allowed to be open within the boundaries of the control. The operating bodies for Joshi were the neighboring inhabitants, and at the center were Choryangchon-min(the inhabitants of Choryang village). The Japanese in Waegwan frequented Choryang village and it was their livelihood for the interaction and encounters between the people of Chosun and the Japanese. Thus, the relationship like ‘regulars’ was often formed between the Japanese men in Waegwan and the women of Chosun whose relationship became close, in Choryang village. From the standpoint of the government authorities of the Chosun, Waegwan was perpetually the place for monitoring. However for the inhabitants in the neighboring areas of Waegwan, it was the place for exchage which was their livelihood.