대한제국기 연향에서 정재 준비와 공연의 변모

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to figure out the change of court dance called chŏngjae 呈才 in the Imperial Korea 大韓帝國 period's (1897-1907) the court banquet in terms of preparation and results of performance. The object of this study is ŭigwe 儀軌 and Chŏngjae mudo holgi 『呈才舞圖笏記』 in the reign of Emperor Kojong 高宗皇帝. The Emperor Kojong had held a Court banquet in 1901 and 1902 to strengthen imperial prestige thru Confucian ceremony. Chinch'anso 進饌所 or Chinyŏnch'ŏng 進宴廳, the bodies which administers the court banquet had been installed in Kyobangsa 敎坊司 or Changnyewŏn 掌禮院. The number of government official had not much been increased during Imperial Korea period. Also the preparation time for the court banquet held in 1902 was the longest one preparing the court banquet, but other cases were similar with before Imperial Korea period. The the court banquet had been prepared similarly as cases in the late Chosŏn dynasty because the body administering the court banquet had tent to following the precedents. The portion of ŭinyŏ 醫女 and ch'imsŏnbi 針線婢 was high in the election of female dancers known as chŏngjae yŏryŏng 呈才女伶 in the Imperial Korea. Also the sŏnsangi 選上妓 had been playing a role in chŏngjae. 16 sŏnsangi had played chŏngjae in 1901, 31 in April of 1892, and 37 in November of 1902. They were mostly from South P'yŏngan province and South Kyŏngsang province, and it was in succession of the trend of the late Chosŏn dynasty. The number of rehearsal for naeyŏn 內宴 in the Imperial Korea the court banquet had been increased by one after the Emperor Kojong ascended the throne. The expense of clothes for chŏngjae yŏryŏng had been increased also. The cost for the court banquet had been payed by the body in Chinch'anso, and it had been payed by T'akchibu 度支部 later than in the Emperor Kojong. From the external view point of chŏngjae, at first, it showed a expanding tendency of the performance event. Secondly, the number of chŏngjae yŏryŏng and boy dancers called mudong 舞童 had tended to be increased also. From the internal view point, at first, there was some change in chŏngjae akchang 呈才樂章. The change for words to be harmonized with imperial prestige had happened in this period. It had been intended to escalate imperial authority by changing a part of akchang. Secondly, display of dancing was almost same as earlier of in the reign of Emperor Kojong.