Seongsuchim Piljeok

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.1623

Category

Books & Records

Designated year

2010

Location

유성구, 대전광역시— 대전광역시 유성구 도안대로 398 (상대동, 대전시립박물관)

Coordinates

36.371837, 127.323927

This album of poems whose cover page displays the title Cheongsongseo (Calligraphies by Cheongsong) contains seven-word poems by Tang poets Jia Dao, Du Mu and Li Shangyin and the Song-dynasty poet Ouyan Xiu, written in the hand of Seong Su-chim (1493-1564, penname: Cheongsong), a 16th-century Joseon scholar. The album is made by cutting the calligraphies line by line and gluing the cut-out strips on the pages of the bound sheets. This calligraphy album, donated by a descendant of Song Myeong-heum (1705-1768), bears the seal of the latter’s father, Song Yo-jwa (1678-1723) that reads “Cheongeundang.” Seong Su-chim was one of the two most prominent Daoist calligraphers of the 16th century, along with Yi Hwang, but extant works of his are very few in numbers. A handful of small-character calligraphies have survived to the present, but no large character ones, except in the form of printing blocks. This album containing his calligraphies in large characters, therefore, constitutes an extreme rarity. These calligraphies, furthermore, are demonstrative examples of Seong Su-chim’s fondness of light ink. The calligraphy album is considered to hold a tremendous significance for the understanding of the history of Joseon calligraphy.

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