남한 내 고구려 석실묘의 목관 복원 시론

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the restoring the wooden Caskets in Goguryeo's stone chamber tombs. In Goguryeo, only wooden Casket, not stone Casket, was used in stone chamber tombs, hense grasping the shape and structure of the Goguryeo wooden Casket could only be estimated through the remaining Casket nails and Casket handles. Under this circumstance, few of the reported Goguryeo tombs were known about the location and arrangement of the excavated Casket nails. However, Things are getting better as the number of investigations of Goguryeo tombs has increased in South Korea. The excavation of the Yeoncheon Gangnae-ri site is very significant in that a detailed report was made to estimate the structure of the wooden Casket. Firstly, in relation to the Goguryeo tombs in South Korea, the case of the tombs that suggested wooden Caskets were placed in stone chambers were explored. In addition, the characteristics of the Casket nails and Casket handles for Gangnae-ri Tomb No.4 which is the best remaining were analyzed. Also by applying the wooden Caskets approach of Baekje tomb where the real wooden Caskets remain, it was attempted to restore the structure of the wooden Caskets and the arrangement of the Casket nails. The major findings were as follows. Casket handles are divided into three types and gradually become more sophisticated. All of the Casket nails are similar in sizs and shape, Unlike Baekje, decorative Caskets are not used, and it can be seen that they exist in Type A and Type B depending on the difference in the direction and size of wooden marks. It is understood that 22 to 24 nails were used for one wooden Casket. Each combined state of these nails was estimated based on the identified locations in the stone chamber. Based on the result of this analysis, the approximate size and structure of the Gangnae-ri No.4 tomb’s wooden casket were restored. It is suggested that Type A was used for connection between side panels, and Type B was used for connection between side panels, floor panels, and lids. Type A seems to have been driven in the horizontal direction and Type B in the vertical direction, and it was estimated that more nails were used on the floor plate than on the lid. Overall, it is estimated that a rectangular wooden Casket was made using a total of 22 to 24 nails.