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Abstract

During the colonial era, colleting the Goryeo Celadon became a fever in the Korean peninsula. The Japanese purchased the Goryeo Celadon as a personal extravagant hobby, and the royal family of the Joseon Dynasty bought the ones, which was illegally robbed from ancient tombs, for establishing a royal museum. As the demand for Goryeo Celadon grew rapidly, the Japanese built a celadon factory on the Korean peninsula, and produced it. Then, they directly sold it to Japanese people or exported it to overseas markets. After the national independence from Japan, the social confusion and the Korean War cooled down the fever of colleting the Goryeo Celadon for a while. The 1965 Treaty between Korea and Japan enabled Japanese people to come back to Korea and buy celadons. Since then, workshops for making celadon had been established in Icheon and neighboring areas of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, and they made a reproduction of the Goryeo Celadon desired by the Japanese. When making the celadon emerged as a high-profit area, antique dealers, businessmen, and even government officials became a potter. It was a time of easily making money with the celadon. Korea potters began to make Korean Tea Bowl(Chawan) since the mid 1960. At first, they struggled to sell it, but after the 1965 Treaty on Basic Relations between the Republic of Korea and Japan, they found a market based on the Japanese' love toward Chawan. Then Korean potters went to Japan and learned how to make a Chawan. The irony was that It boosted up the sales of Chawan. However, it was hard to find the beauty of the 'randomness' which is said in Japan as well as the tradition of an unfashioned bowl in the Joseon Dynasty era. The Goryeo Celadon and an unfashioned bowl in the Joseon Dynasty era, which the Japanese called as Chawan were ones of Korea's proud cultural heritages, and it should be inherited by the Koreans. Therefore, it is necessary to look back at whether the Koreans have played a central role in the production and consumption of Celadon and Chawan, and how to develop those in the future.