애국계몽기(1900~1910) 민족신문에 표출된 도자기업 개혁 구현과 부국지술론(富國之術論) : 황성신문과 대한매일신보를 중심으로

Abstract

Focusing on the national newspaper published between the 1900s and 1910, the so-called Patriotic Enlightenment, this paper focused on analyzing the overall status and characteristic aspects of ceramic companies of the time. Ceramic production during this period led new reforms in various fields to realize the modernization of the ceramics industry, and these contents are most clearly and concretely grasped through the articles in the HwangseongShinmun and DaehanMaeilSinbo, which are classified as representative national newspapers of the time. The representative contents advocated by this newspaper can be classified into three main categories. First of all, comments on the real task faced by ceramic companies were visualized through editorials and editorials of the two newspapers, and it is said that these articles were generally advocated by the enlightening forces. In addition, the trend of leading the reform through the establishment of a modern ceramic production center was reported closely, most representatively on Pyongyang(平壤) Ceramic Co., Ltd and Bunwon(分院) Ceramic Co., Ltd. In particular, the content of the report emphasizing that the key to breaking down the status of the declining ceramic companies and moving toward modernization is the expansion and base of related education, which can be seen as the most urgently needed problem in the overall ceramics industry facing the Korean Empire. Although the political situation in which much of the sovereignty was invaded from imperial Japan and the sectarian party dispute between proponents of the enlightenment movement and extreme conservatives served as considerable limitations in moving in the direction pursued by ceramic companies, the achievements made on the path of transition were the fruits of recognizing as an industry that could strengthen the country.