일제강점기 『경성명기일람(京城名妓一覽)』 연구

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to reveal its production period by analyzing the “Gyeongseong Government Famous Female Entertainers List”, which was recently released to the academic world. The “Gyeongseong Government Famous Female Entertainers List” is a kind of ‘draft diary’ that records the list of Gisaeng (government female entertainers) belonging to Gwonbeon (government female entertainers guild) located in Gyeongseong-bu at the time. As Gwonbeon refers to a Gisaeng guild, it was in charge of teaching Gisaeng’s traditional performing arts and at the same time served as a business agency that managed Gisaeng. When a guest visiting a restaurant requested Gisaeng, the guild (Gwonbeon) was in charge of sending Gisaeng belonging to itself to the restaurant and collecting the flower price. At this time, the guild sent a list of Gisaeng to the restaurant so that guests could call any Gisaeng, which was called a ‘draft diary.’ The “Gyeongseong Government Famous Female Entertainers List” records the list of Gwonbeon and its affiliated Gisaeng list that were in operation at the time. According to the size of the Gwonbeon, it is written in the order of Hanseong Gwonbeon, Joseon Gwonbeon, Hannam Gwonbeon, Gyeongseong Gwonbeon, and Daedong Gwonbeon. Gwonbeon’s address is written at the top of Gwonbeon name, and its phone number is written at the bottom.
 The Gisaeng name list is arranged by surname in order of frequency. The number of recorded Gisaeng names is 608, including 192 people in Hanseong Gwonbeon, 203 in Joseon Gwonbeon, 95 in Hannam Gwonbeon, 85 in Gyeongseong Gwonbeon, and 33 in Daedong Gwonbeon.
 By comparing Gwonbeons’ activity periods with Gwonbeons’ addresses, it was possible to estimate that the period when the “Gyeongseong Government Famous Female Entertainers List” was produced was between 1930 and February 1932. In addition, through the data, it was confirmed that Daedong Gwonbeon closed in the early 1930s, not in 1924 as it was previously known.
 The “Gyeongseong Government Famous Female Entertainers List” is an important research material that provides information about Gisaeng from the mid-1920s to the early 1930s in that it records the list of Gwonbeons and Gisaeng lists who were active at the time.