『장원서등록』의 구성과 장원서의 왕실 과물(果物) 공급 연구

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to understand fruit supply to the royal court in Joseon Dynasty. The office in charge of fruit supply was called ‘Jangwonseo(掌苑署). Jangwonseo took the charge of gardening, animal and birds as well as fruits management. This paper reviewed The Record of Jangwonseo(掌苑署謄錄) which contains general information and work manual of Jangwonseo. Concretely, The Record of Janwonseo covers (1) the rank system of officials and basic information about the office, (2) the way of fruit supply to the royal court and government, (3) financial management of the office, (4) six kind of departments of the office and their tasks, (5) additional information about administration. This paper focused on its role of fruit management and analyzed its works such as managing fruits tribute from various part of the country, and providing fruits to the royal court. Moreover, this paper compared this information to the records of local product in geography book at that time to understand how fruit tribute was related with local vegetation. Another interesting point was that what kinds of fruits were offered which season and which special day. For example, on New Year’s day, Jangwonseo provided pears, chestnuts, persimmons, dried persimmons, pomegranate, mandarins, and quinces. As a result, this paper approached further understanding about fruit supply, such as which kinds of fruits were used at that time, how many fruits were provided, and when the fruits were provided.