Geunmuk

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.2217

Category

Books & Records

Era

1943년 성첩(고려 말∼근대 필적 수록)

Designated year

2023

Location

종로구, 서울특별시— 서울특별시 종로구 성균관로 25-2 (명륜3가, 성균관대학교박물관)

Coordinates

36.771931, 127.371446Kakao address conversion

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Geukmuk (Ink Traces in the Land of the Rose of Sharon), held at Sungkyunkwan University Museum, is a compilation album (cheop) bound in 1943 by Oh Sechang (1864-1953), a renowned modern calligrapher and connoisseur of calligraphy and painting, at the age of eighty. The collection builds upon eight generations of family collecting, enriched by Oh Sechang's own discerning eye. The album contains 1,136 examples of brushwork spanning approximately six hundred years, from Jeong Mongju (1337-1392) to Yi Doyeong (1884-1933). It consists of thirty-four folded albums (cheopjangbon) and one bound index volume (seonjangbon). The thirty-four albums present one example per page (on one or both sides) according to the size of the brushwork, with the author's name and dates of birth and death recorded on a paper slip attached to the right side. The first page of the first album bears the title 'Geukmuk' (Ink of the Hibiscus) in seal script (jeon-seo), followed by the phrase 'Eighth Decade' (pasipcuiwi), with a circular roof-tile-shaped seal 'Jinjuaminseol' on the upper right and two square seals—'Sechang Ji Sae' (vermilion text) and 'Wichang Hanmuk' (white text)—below the phrase on the left. Geukmuk is an irreplaceable historical and cultural record that preserves the calligraphic legacy of the Joseon literati tradition across nearly six centuries.

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