『柳京の話』(1938년)의 부록 ‘妓生の話’ 연구

초록

The purpose of this study was to analyze the content and reveal its meaning, focusing on the appendix ‘Gisaengのhwa’ of the tourist guidebook 『Yugyeongのhwa』 published in 1938. Compared to ‘Gyeongseong’, the tourism information materials for ‘Pyongyang’ are somewhat different. It explains the history of Choseon with a focus on Pyongyang and shows relics of the past. In the appendix, the story of Pyongyang’s gisaeng is mainly described, so that the original intention seems to be an introduction to the gisaeng of ‘Pyongyang’ rather than a tourist information of ‘Pyongyang’. One of the things that tourists visiting Korea most wanted to see were gisaeng. At that time, it was no exaggeration to say that the only place where you could see ‘Gisaeng with rich traditional Korean beauty’ was Pyongyang Gisaeng School. Even Japanese people included the ‘Gisaeng School’ in their tourist itineraries to see the beautiful performances of Pyongyang’s gisaeng. Accordingly, in Pyongyang’s tourist guide, Pyongyang was promoted as the best producer of beautiful women in Choseon, and the ‘Pyongyang Gisaeng School’ was singled out as the source of famous gisaeng in all of Choseon. Pictures and explanations for this are almost completely included. Of course, the photo postcards were made with a focus on the training process of gisaeng schools and focused on scenes of gisaengs taking classes. Attention was focused on the fact that it was not a regular gisaeng school, but a school that trained gisaeng. The most surviving photo postcards are those of the Pyongyang Gisaeng School. In ‘妓生の話’ (The Story of a Gisaeng), many parts are quoted based on Lee Neung-hwa’s 『Choseon gisaeng history』. The origin of gisaeng began in the royal court and was recorded in the official records until the Choseon Dynasty. According to the superiority and inferiority of their character and skills, they were classified into one class, two classes, and three classes. This is based on the contents of 『Choseon gisaeng history』. Among them, the expression ‘galvo’ is also the same. As such, it is judged that further research is needed to examine the records of gisaeng in the travel guides issued by the Japanese Government-General of Korea.

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