Operational Aspects of Gochwi (Processional Band) Performed in Rites for Granting an Honorific Title right after the Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592

When bringing precious things such as royal edict (敎書), investiture book (冊), and royal seal (寶), the processional band, called gochwi (鼓吹), is set up together with the small scale royal emblem (細仗). Compared to the front gochwi (前部鼓吹) accompanied during the king or queen's travels, this band is small scale, so to distinguish it from the front gochwi, it is called sejang gochwi (細仗鼓吹) for convenience's sake. There is an opinion that the sejang gochwi with the small scale emblem only lead in front without playing. To interrogate this, this study examines various cases of gochwi used in the rites for granting an honorific title from the King Seonjo (宣祖) to King Injo (仁祖) era.…