조선시대 화장재료의 효능과 활용성에 관한 연구

A Study in Effect and Use of Makeup Material of Chosun Dynasty

  From what time man began to making up his face? Though having been being greatly worried about this question, we could hardly answer to it. The aspect of cosmetic history, however, has been changed by periods. The Korean aesthetic consciousness, worded as "A beautiful mind dwells in a beautiful body," has been impressed on our life from old times - that is, it emphasizes a gentlemanly attitude in the inside, while it makes much of cleanness in the outside. Seen from cosmetics made of natural materials, which have been used in bathing, such aesthetic consciousness could be found enough. The cosmetic materials and manufacturing technology have been introduced into Korea through the exchange with the adjacent nations of China and Japan, and which have been gradually developed by ages. Throughout the Joseon Dynasty of 519 years, from King Taejo who founded the dynasty in 1392 to King Sunjong, the last king of the dynasty(1907-1910), 27 kings succeeded the throne one after another, while on the other hand simplicity had been most emphasized from socioeconomic aspects in Korean history and cosmetics had been developed briskly under the transient situation of modernization. This study, thus, focused on the Joseon Dynasty, was attempted to generally understand cosmetic culture of the Joseon Dynasty and to examine diverse natural materials used in cosmetics of the times to be a help for cosmetics development, in connection with the recent circumstances of active cosmetics development using natural materials with less ill effects on the skin and better efficacy than chemical ones. For this, literatures, pictures, separate volumes and books of history concerning cosmetic culture were examined in this study.