19세기 對日 公貿易의 추이와 倭銅의 운용

Abstract

Public trade and private trade with Japan are considered to have different forms of management from each other in many aspects. As a result of reviewing basic premise of public trade with Japan and how its management was done, the results are as it follows. 1. From the early days of the Joseon Dynasty to the late of Joseon Dynasty, the final decisions for main issues on public trade with Japan were made by diplomatic justification. In other words, from the point of consciousness of Joseon government, the public trade with Japan was tied to diplomatic relationship with Japan. 2. The reason that the public trade maintained constant trade amount with small decrease in contrast to stagnant private trade in the 19th century is because the public trade was a trade established with a premise of diplomatic relationship with Japan. 3. Economic utility of Oedong(倭銅), the most important item of the public trade with Japan in the late Joseon Dynasty, changed inevitably depending on time. However, it does not seem it had big influence on amount of import of the public trade. 4. The fact that the return from Oedong(倭銅) through the public trade with Japan in the late Joseon Dynasty was constant means the exchange rate on products of public trade did not follow the market price, which is an actual exchange rate. Oedong(倭銅) was the most important item of the trade with Japan and it also has the best economic utility for Joseon Dynasty. However, it does not seem to affect the form of management of public trade.