KOREAN PRINTING WOODBLOCKS

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Typical Confucian Woodblocks

Baejayebuunryak (1460)Woodblocks for Baejayebuunryak. This is a dictionary that the Joseon literati class used to look up words when composing poems or "bu" (賦), a form of poetry. Since the dictionary was chiefly used by those who...
Jinseong Yi Clan Genealogy (1600)A genealogy of the Jinseong Yi clan. Currently, the three oldest known genealogy books are preserved by the Haeju Oh clan, the Munhwa Yu clan and the Jinseong Yi clan. These woodblocks, the third-oldest...
Bongwha Keum Clan Genealogy (1659)A genealogy of the Bongwha Keum clan. According to details in the introduction, these woodblocks are estimated to have been made in 1659.
Songamjip (1680)A woodblock used for publishing a collection of literary works by Kwon Ho-mun (1532-1587), whose pen name was Song-am. The woodblock is part of Dokrakpalgok, the last remaining work of a genre called...
Seonghaksipdo (Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning, 1681)"Woodblocks of Seonghaksipdo (Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning, 聖學十圖) by Yi Hwang (1501-1570). Originally, Seonghaksipdo was intended to be given to King Seonjo, who had just ascended to the throne in 1568...
Jingbirok (War memoirs by Yu Seongryong, 1695)The woodblocks for a document written by Ryu Seong-ryong (1542-1607), a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty, whose pen name was Seoae. Ryu describes what he experienced during the Imjin War (the Japanese...
Nongamjip (1709)Woodblocks of the collected works of Yi Hyeon-bo (1467-1555), whose pen name was Nong-am. These woodblocks also contain the engravings of Eebusa, an outstanding poem that many consider a bridge between...

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