Characteristics of the Tea Culture and Tea Utensils Depicted in the Nineteenth Century's Joseon Dynasty Paintings

This study examined tea culture and the ritual for drinking tea during the 19th century Joseon Dynasty, targeting 32 tea paintings by 13 Joseon painters in the 19th century. The results are as follows. First, the artworks depicted the spaces and people who prepared the tea. In 19th century paintings, the learned scholar was depicted with a brazier in an indoor space, along with young children preparing tea in front of a wind furnace in an outdoor space. Second, the artworks revealed the characteristics of tea utensils. In the painting, the wind furnace, tea kettle, and tea utensils such as tea pots and covered tea bowls appeared. On the other hand, the teapot with a stick-type handle used in modern Korea did not appear in the painting. Third, the artworks depicted the drinking tea method during the Joseon Dynasty in the 19th century. The teapot and covered tea bowl appeared in the painting, and it appears that the tea brewing method had been implemented. Because these tea tools appeared only in decorated Chaekkori and Gimyeong paintings, it is believed that they were mainly for appreciation rather than daily use. As a result, the 19th-century tea painting expanded to new tea utensils for brewing, how to brew tea, real figures, and indoor spaces, while continuing to describe the tea boiling method of dealing with wind furnaces in 18th century tea paintings.