대한제국기 조선요리옥의 출현

Abstract

This study intends to analyze the Invention of the Chosun Yori-ok during the Daehan Empire Period The Chosun Yori-ok, which was needed for new modern commercial entertainment space and special place for private meetings such as political negotiations behind closed doors, was opened in the period of Daehan Empire and it imitated the Japanese restaurants of those days. The founders of the Chosun Yori-ok started the new style of restaurant business with distinguished sense of reality and excellent interpersonal skills and finally succeeded to created the modern commercial entertainment restaurants. As the Chosun Yori-ok developed various menus of Korean and foreign food, people were able to consume high quality Korean food such as court food more commonly. It opened up more doors for the public to consume Korean food. The Chosun Yori-ok was a complicated modern commercial and professional entertainment space where everybody could enjoy not only food and beverage, but also live performance of music and dance by the Kisang (female entertainer). Regardless of social status, anybody who had money could visit the Chosun Yori-ok. With the changes in political and social situations at the time and the increase entertainment consumption, the culture of entertainment in the Chosun Yori-ok was distorted. The former role of Kisang as a professional entertainer was decreased, the role of waitress at the nightlife amusement strengthened up. The Chosun Yori-ok was a place that held various private meetings for networking and many types of official parties. In my opinion, the culture of dining together in Korea originated from the meetings held in the Chosun Yori-ok. In Addition, the Chosun Yori-ok was a public place but also private space where lots of political negotiations behind closed doors were formed in the period of the Residency-General.