Eonyanghyeon Household Register Dae Master Artisan

The hojeokdaejang, or household register, is a census document compiled during the Joseon dynasty to levy taxes on the people and to secure labour needed by the state. Household registers were drawn up every three years. In each town and township an overseer prepared two copies of the hogudanja, the household survey record, for every family and sent them to the district office. The district compared the hogudanja against the existing register, issued one copy to the head of the household and used the other as material for compiling the register. The district also produced the register itself in three copies: one kept at the district office, one at the provincial governor's office, and one at the Ministry of Taxation, where it served as material for levying taxes. The household register records the status and official duties of the head of each household together with his father, grandfather, great-grandfather and maternal grandfather, making it the only material from which the population of a town or township can be examined in full. For this reason the household register is all the more valuable as a historical source, since it allows the village structure and population of a town to be grasped in concrete detail. The Eonyanghyeon household register follows the general format of Joseon-period household registers, and comprises nine volumes spanning from 1711, the thirty-seventh year of King Sukjong, to 1861, the twelfth year of King Cheoljong. Because it reveals changes in village names and the local community over 150 years, it is of very high value as material for research into Joseon-period history. It is currently held at the Ulsan Museum.

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Where it is

Region

Nam-gu, Ulsan

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산