This paper aims to reveal the characteristics of the production group of the early Silla rooftiles excavated from Yutongri rooftile kiln in Angangeup. It can be said that this kiln site has received attention from the scholars majoring in Silla roofti...
This paper aims to reveal the characteristics of the production group of the early Silla rooftiles excavated from Yutongri rooftile kiln in Angangeup. It can be said that this kiln site has received attention from the scholars majoring in Silla rooftiles in two aspects. One is that Silla's oldest lotus-design convex roof-end tiles excavated here is similar to the convex roof-end tiles unearthed at Daetongsa Temple Site in Gongju, the ancient city of Baekje. Another reason is that it is located at about twenty Kilometers away from the royal capital of Silla.
With the consideration of these two aspects, the research status of early Silla rooftiles excavated from the rooftile kiln sites of Yuktongri in Angangeup, Mulcheonri in Cheonbukmyeon, Hwagokri in Naenammyeon, and Heungryunsa Temple site in Sajeongdong of Gyeongju City has been reviewed. As a result, it has been confirmed that the oldest Silla lotus-design convex roof-end tiles excavated from Yuktongri rooftile kiln site are the same lineage as the Ungjingi convex roof-end tile of Baekje area in terms of the pennon part pattern and the manufacturing technique. And this type of rooftile is being studied as the rooftiles for the construction of Heungnyunsa Temple Site. Along with these convex roof-end tiles, there are the roof-end tiles from Mulcheonri kiln site in Cheonbukmyeon and Hwagokri kiln site in Naenammyeon, which are studied as the oldest roof-end tiles of Silla. These are studied as made with an old style manufacturing technique that is less skilled than that for the roof-end tiles of Yuktongri kiln site in Angang, and it is being studied that they were made by a pottery craftsman who produced the Silla short mounted cups.
The two aspects of the early Silla rooftile production technique were, namely, that Silla rooftiles were produced by the Silla earthenware craftsman, and that Silla rooftiles were made by the Baekje rooftile craftsman. Therefore, it is presumed that the tile-making group at Yutongri rooftile kiln of Angangeup was the rooftile craftsmen of Baekje, and that the reason why they had no choice but to stay away from Gyeongju is considered to be related to the martyrdom of Lee Chadon, a Buddhist official of King Beopheung. In other words, it is because the establishment of Heungryunsa Temple was based on collusion with the Buddhist community of Baekje rather than the political agreement of the Six-bu of Silla.