조선시대 詩箋紙 사용과 시전문화의 확산

Abstract

Sijeonji (詩箋紙) is an ornamental letter-paper which was used when Yangban of the upper class exchanged letters and poems with their friends since before the Chosun Dynasty. With Sijeonji, the actual object, I attempted to review emotion and everyday life of people in Chosun Dynasty, especially the literary men who had used Sijeonji paper in this thesis. The contents to be developed was broadly classified into the following three categories;Firstly, I considered emotion of people in Chosun Dynasty, which was contained in Sijeonji; how the literary men's use of Sijeonji was connected to the expression of their feelings, what writing down letters or poems on Sijeonji meaned, how the patterns on Sijeonji was related with the relationship between sender and recipient of the letter and what relevance the time to send letters had to the Sijeonji patterns. The second part is about Chosun Dynasty people's use of Sijeonji and their changed life; how people obtained Sijeonji in their daily life and how it was used, how letter writing method varied according to the form of Sijeonji, how the changed patterns of Sijeonji extended the class of using Sijeonji and the scope, and how the culture of Ching Dynasty in the 19th century changed the inclination of people in those days. The last part described how production and circulation of Sijeonji was changed and how Sijeonji became a brand. The Sijeonji culture before the 18th century was shared and enjoyed by very small minority of upper class men, and characterized by their creative works. The Sijeonji culture which reflected personal interest and taste in the 17th to 18th century became commercialized in the 19th century and the use of Sijeonji was popularized. As specialty stores that produced wood blocks of Sijeonji appeared, a new culture was created that is different than those that came before. Persons of different regions happened to use Sijeonji papers of the same shop name and pattern, and the name of the manufacturers was positioned as a brand. Besides, a specific pattern made in specialty manufacturer was endowed with an additional name and had been circulated.