일제 강점기 정재 침탈 양상 고찰―광교기생조합의 공진회(1915) 정재 창사를 중심으로―

Abstract

This paper analyzes the Giseng (female entertainer)’s court song lyrics found in Shin moon gye (新文界) vol. 6 no. 9 (1915. Sep.). First, the court songs’ lyricist must be identified and the musical characteristics must be examined to discover the lyric’s true intentions. From the Koryo to the Josun age, the Jungjae (呈才) was originally intended to perform directly for the royal family, acting as the palace’s main source of entertainment―the Jungjae is a composite art that instructs to dance with the background instrumentals and sing without. The song lyrics of the Jungjae must be highlighted as they perform a significant role in illustrating the true purpose of the Jungjae. Post annexation, the Jungjae was removed as a court ritual. Thus, the Gisengs assigned to the Jungjae formed a union to continue as a group independent of the royal family. The union now performed for the general public, in places such as the theatre and restaurants. The Jungjae displayed a trend of popularization―entertainment for the ordinary. Considering the stage for the Jungjae suddenly changed drastically, there are reasonable suspicion for changes in the Jungjae performance itself also. However, no records have been discovered that support such a position, leaving a gap in the Jungjae history. In 1915, the Japanese’s celebration of the annexation, known as the ‘1915 Expo (施政五年記念朝鮮物産共進會)’, initiated at the Kyungbok palace (景福宮), which would continue for 50 more days. The Gwangyo (廣橋) union and Dadong (茶洞) union performed the Jungjae at this event on alternating days. At the time, Shin moon gye published a special edition magazine dedicated for the 1915 Expo; the author with the pen name ‘the man living in the Tae wha mountain (太華山人)’ recorded the Gwangyo giseng union’s the Jungjae performance lyrics on this magazine. The author is widely accepted as ‘Choi youngnyun (崔永年)’, but we must consider the possibility of Choi youngnyun’s son, Choi chansik (崔瓚植), as a candidate for the true author. In Shin moon gye, there is recorded a total of 10 different performances of the Jungjae. Examining the title of each of the Jungjae performances, we can infer that all 10 performances correlated with those originally presented for the royal family. However, the lyrics are different for each of the performances. Thus, we can infer that these lyrics were newly created to perform at the 1915 Expo. The new lyrics acknowledge the current world as the paradise and praised the Japanese King & Chongdok. Additionally, there is a song called ‘Young (靈)’ which is presumed to be sung along the melody of ‘Young San Howi Sang (靈山會上)’. In discovering this record, the paper seeks to unveil why the Japanese Colonial Period version of the Jungjae was altered and how the Jungjae changed in accordance with its changing audience.