9세기 일본의 당물(唐物)에 관한 기초적 검토

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to display the characteristics contained in the contemplate on what this ‘Karamono’ as the foreign civilization and foreign culture that came into the ancient island society and contemplate what the kingship of Japan was to gain through advance purchase (acquisition) and bequeath (distribution) of ‘Karamono’. In particular, with the focus on the ‘9th century', this study has taken a look at how the terminology of ‘Karamono’ emerged from the historic context and what functions are carried out by the applicable foreign-made goods. In the 9th century Japan, the fact that ‘Karamono’ emerged would be reasonable to come beyond the implication in ‘convergence and settlement’ of name indication for foreign-made goods emerged in diverse types, such as, ‘Silla-mul’ or others up to the time, rather than having completely new implication. The kingship of Japan ceaselessly sought for foreign goods even prior to the emergence of ‘Karamono’ and its acquisition was dearly hoped. The kingship intends to find out the foreign goods uniformly and systematically. Whether it is the acquisition through official envoy, transfer by international trader, or even if it is acquisition by adrift, the information on foreign-made goods of all types is concentrated in the middle and attempted for efficient control and management. The acquired foreign-made goods mainly carried out the role of ‘prestige goods’ in the national ceremony, pledge of allegiance and political space in Sanreung (tombs of kings and queens) and Shinto shrine, and they are facilitated in the distribution function that is based on the power and control order. Under such implication, in between various foreign goods up to the Nara era and the ‘Karamono’ after the 9th century, it may be evaluated as recognizing the 'continuity', rather than the ‘change and severance’.