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Abstract

This thesis was prepared to suggest a new method of comprehension obtained while reviewing previous studies on the issues related to transportation of ceramic wares as tributes. In addition, the problems related to the transportation of ceramic wares as tributes in the Sangju area, where two high-quality porcelain workshops were located, were examined. Based on previous studies, it was understood that ceramic wares as tributes began being transported by land in the 1370s, when the plundering of Japanese pirates started in earnest, until 1392, when the Joseon Dynasty was established. However, through reinterpretation of related historical materials, at the end of the Goryeo period, as in the first half of the fifteenth century after the establishment of the Joseon Dynasty, ceramic wares as tributes were transported not only by land but also by sea depending on the location and transportation-related conditions of areas where kilns were located. In current studies related to ceramics, there is a tendency to understand that the transportation location of the porcelain workshops that produced the ceramic wares as tri1butes was favorable. However, in contrast to such a perspective, it is necessary to understand that offering of the high-quality porcelain produced at the kilns built in areas with a favorable locations, such as places where kaolin and forests were present, as tribute utilized the transportation system and surrounding transportation facilities. Even in Sangju, a main area where porcelain was produced in the first half of the 15th century, porcelain was transported utilizing a station nearby at an inconvenient location in the mountainous region of the Baekdudaegan. However, Nakseo Station and Yongsan Station, which performed a constant role in the transportation of the ceramic wares as tribute of Sangju, were merged into Nakyang Station and Nakpyeong Station located nearby in the fifth year of King Sejo (1459), respectively, and thus disappeared. This can be understood as having an effect related to the reorganization of nearby stations and roads as the level of production activity related to the porcelain of Sangju was reduced and its status weakened prior to the establishment of the royal kiln in Gwangju in 1467. Upon referring to these examples, it is necessary to pay attention to the problems related to the transportation of tributary goods including ceramics in terms of conducting studies related to the history of transporting goods in Korea.