The residential characteristics of indigenous families in the eupchies in the late Joseon era: cases from the Yeonsan and Hansan eupchies

Figures & data

Table 1. Research process.

Table 2. A hierarchical classification of the Geopjo-Gajji.

Limits Class	The Area of Housing Lots		The Size of House(kan****)
	bu**	m^2***
1, 2 pum*	15 bu	1,050 m^2	40 kan
3, 4 pum	10 bu	700 m^2	30 kan
5, 6 pum	8 bu	560 m^2
Under 7 pum, A hereditary official	4 bu	280 m^2
Commoner	2 bu	140 m^2	10 kan

*pum: Degree of central government officials.

**bu: Traditional unit; The area according to third grade of land.

***Converted area according to current standard units.

****kan: A space made up of four columns of house, a room.

Figure 1. The location of cases.

Table 3. Data source.

Data	Source
Chungcheongnam-do Yeonsan-gun Yangan, 1901	Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies
Chungcheongnam-do Hansan-gun Yangan, 1903
Yeonsan-gun Original Cadastral Map, 1914	National Archives of Korea
Hansan-gun Original Cadastral Map, 1914

Table 4. Building lots size converted in bu of land grade.

Case Range		Yoensan Eupchi		Hansan
				Eupchi		Expanded Area*
Grade	Bu	Lots	%	Lots	%	Lots	%
1–2 pum	11–15	0	0	0	0	0	0
3–4 pum	9–10	0	0	0	0	0	0
5–6 pum	5–8	11	13	13	28	15	14
Under 7 pum and etc.	3–4	34	39	13	28	30	29
Commoner	0–2	42	48	20	43	60	57
Sum		87	100	46	100	105	100
Average		2.9		3.3		2.9
8 and above		2	2%	1	2%	1	1%

*Expanded area:the area in and around the city wall including the eupchi.

Table 5. Actual building lots size by chuck.

Case Range		Yoensan Eupchi		Hansan
				Eupchi		Expanded Area*
Grade	Chuk	Lots	%	Lots	%	Lots	%
1–2 pum	~1549	2	2	1	2	1	1
3–4 pum	~1049	3	4	3	6	4	4
5–6 pum	~849	21	24	16	35	22	21
Under 7 pum and etc.	~449	47	54	11	24	36	34
Commoner	0 ~ 249	14	16	15	33	42	40
Sum		87	100	46	100	105	100
Average		409		471		408
750 and above		9	10%	10	22%	11	10%

*Expanded area:the area in and around the city wall including the eupchi.

Table 6. Distribution of indigenous families housing lots.

Case Family	Yeonsan Eupchi				Hansan
					Eupchi					Expanded Area*
Indigenous Families	Song		12 lots	14%	Lee	5 lots		11%		Lee	8 lots	8%
	Seo		2 lots	2%	Kim	22 lots		48%		Kim	46 lots	44%
	Son		0 lots	0%	Entire lots	46 lots		100%		Entire lots	105 lots	100%
	Ko		0 lots	0%
	Entire lots		87 lots	100%
Most Many Families	Kim		20 lots	23%	Kim	22 lots		48%		Kim	46 lots	44%
	Song		12 lots	14%	Lee	5 lots		11%		Oh	9 lots	9%
	Lee		9 lots	10%	Na	5 lots		11%		Lee	8 lots	8%
	Park		8 lots	9%	Oh	3 lots		7%		Park	8 lots	8%
	Other 18 Families occupied 38 lots				Other 6 Families occupied 11 lots					Other 11 Families occupied 34 lots
	Entire lots	87 lots		100%	Entire lots		46 lots		100%	Entire lots	105 lots	100%

*Expanded area:the area in and around the city wall including the eupchi.

Figure 2. The spatial distribution of building lots according to bu area.

Figure 3. The spatial distribution of indigenous families and others.

Table 7. The average housing lot area according to owner’s surname.

Case	Yeonsan Eupchi				Hansan
					Eupchi				Expanded Area*
Range	Surname	Bu Average	Chuk Average	8 Bu Lots	Surname	Bu Average	Chuk Average	8 Bu Lots	Surname	Bu Average	Chuk Average	8 Bu Lots
Indigenous	Song	4.1	582	2	Lee	4.2	598	1	Lee	3.4	487	1
Families					Kim	3	424	0	Kim	2.4	338	0
Most Many	Kim	2.6	365	0	Na	4.3	609	0	Park	2.9	419	0
Families	Lee	1.8	257	0
					Oh	3.8	544	0	Oh	2.9	418	0
	Park	3.3	471	0
Total		2.9	409			3.3	471			2.9	408
Average

*Expanded area: the area in and around the city wall including the eupchi.

Table 8. Housing sizes.

Case Range	Yoensan Eupchi		Hansan
			Eupchi		Expanded Area*
	Lots	%	Lots	%	Lots	%
0~3 kans	58	67	30	65	76	72
4~5 kans	17	20	12	26	25	24
6~10 kans	8	9	3	7	3	3
11~15 kans	4	5	1	2	1	1
16~20 kans	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sum	87	100	46	100	105	100
Average	3.8		3.5		3.1

*Expanded area: the area in and around the city wall including the eupchi.

Table 9. The average building size according to owner’s surname.

Case Family	Yeonsan Eupchi		Hansan
			Eupchi		Expanded Area*
	Surname	kans	Surname	kans	Surname	kans
Indigenous Families	Song	5.0	Lee	5.4	Lee	4.4
			Kim	3.3	Kim	3.1
Most Many Families	Kim	3.5	Na	4.4	Park	2.8
	Lee	2.9
			Oh	2.3	Oh	2.7
	Park	3.8
Total Average	3.8		3.5		3.1

*Expanded area: the area in and around the city wall including the eupchi.

Figure 4. The spatial distribution of lots according to housing size.

Figure 5. Kernel density by kan.