일본 하기의 조선도공 이작광과 이경

Abstract

Hagi is a famous pottery village in Japan. The pottery there is known to have been developed by a Joseon potter. The study of the pottery has been conducted in three directions. The first is to find out how the pottery began in the early days of the Edo period after the Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592, and how it developed. The second is whether the renovation of the ceramic start-up was made by Lee Jak-Kwang or Lee Kyung. The third is to find out where the two are from. The study looked at the controversy being discussed recently and where they came from. Hagi pottery is know to have started by Lee, Jak Kwang and Lee, Kyung brothers. If anyone was to be picked as an originator, it would be Lee, Jak Kwang considering that he quickly settled down in Hagi, invited Lee, Kyung, and a person in charge of Hagi pottery always has been his descendant. Also, they are not full brothers, and Lee, Jak Kwang visited Japan during the Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592 and Lee, Kyung visited Japan during the Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1597. Thus they were not from the same hometown. There is a high possibility that Lee, Jak Kwang is from Kyungbuk inland region as Gimcheon, Seongju, Seonsan including Gimhae, the activity area of Mori Terumoto who kidnapped him, Lee, Kyung is the same as Gaejo Sonkai of Aganoyaki, and there is a high possibility that he is from Sachon, Gyeongnam which is assumed to be a hometown of Sonkai considering that shaping method is similar to Sonkai. Even though these two people were not brothers by blood, they treated each other like real brothers. When Lee, Jak Kwang died, leaving behind his son, Lee, Kyung took care of this child, raised him like his biological child, and made him to carry on the family line. As said, Japanese still mistakenly believe that they are brothers up to this day because the two people depended on each other.