Abstract
In South Korea, lacquerware has been identified since the Bronze Age, but these has been no proper discussion about the background, route of introduction, and timing of the emergence of lacquer culture. In South Korea, lacquerware was investigated in Deokcheon-ri, Changwon, Namseong-ri, Asan, Daegok-ri, Hwasun, Chopo-ri, Hampyeong, and Hoam-dong, Chungju, starting from Jeoknyang-dong, Yeosu in the late Bronze Age. Early lacquerware was mainly excavated from Dolmen and Stone-piled Tomb with a Wooden Coffin, and was a prestige goods that revealed the owner's status. This shows that lacquerware was a valuable goods and could only be owned by the ruler. It is not clear whether these lacquerware were actually produced directly in South Korea or only raw materials were imported from outside. However, in that lacquerware was painted on relics that reflect the symbols of group that shared Korean bronze culture, such as mandolin shaped bronze dagger and slender bronze dagger, it can be said that their own lacquerware was already produced in the late Bronze Age.
 It is estimated that lacquerware from South Korea was introduced through seaway from eastern coastal ports in china(Sandong Peninsula to Zhejiang Province). The timing of the inflow is thought to be at least before the oil field in Jeoknyang-dong, Yeosu, but there is a possibility that the remains of earlier periods will be investigated in the future. At that time, the lacquer culture did not have a professional production system, and recognized the existence of lacquer around a specific base, showing the aspect of the inflow period in which lacquer was produced on a small scale.
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