Folding Screen of Gosan gugok sihwado (Poems and Paintings of the Nine Scenic Valleys of Gosan)

Basic information

Designation

National Treasure No.237

Category

Painting

Era

조선 순조 3년(1803)

Designated year

1987

Location

종로구, 서울특별시— 서울특별시 종로구

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This is a 12-panel folding screen with various paintings and poetry of several artists of the late Joseon Dynasty. The size of the screen is 1.38 meters in height and 5.62 meters in width. The background of the screen is based on a light color scheme smudged with India ink. Between July and September of 1803, the royal court artists, their disciples, and the civil ministers gathered poems related to the famous Gosangugok (nine sights of Gosan Mountain) of Hwanghaedo Island where the scholar Yi I lived. On top of each mounting of the panels, there is heading written by a scholar named Yu Han-ji. Underneath the headings, there are poetry like Yi I's Gosangugokga, Song Si-yeol's Hanyeoksi, and other related poems written by some of the literary men of the Kim Clan of Andong. The spectacles of Gosangugok are painted between the middle and bottom of the mounting. In the empty spaces between panel mountings, there are expositions written by Kim Ga-sun. Each painting was done by famous royal court artists of the era like Kim Hong-do and Kim Deuk-sin. Paintings of Gosangugok were not done by looking at the actual view, but by known Gosangugok paintings as references. On every painting, Yi I is strolling with a child, and the spectacles are in bird-eye views. Landscape paintings like these of late Joseon Dynasty illustrate the artists' talents and their uniqueness. Capabilities and idiosyncrasies of the artists can be compared for research. Also, the paintings are good material for studying the genealogy and propensity of Yi I, Song Si-yeol, and other scholars.