Hyewon pungsokdo is an album of the

genre paintings Genre painting (or petit genre), a form of genre art, depicts aspects of everyday life by portraying ordinary people engaged in common activities. One common definition of a genre scene is that it shows figures to whom no identity can be attached ...

(''pungsokhwa'' or ''pungsokdo'') drawn by the Korean painter Shin Yunbok during the late Joseon dynasty. It was named after Shin's

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, Hyewon, and comprises 30 paintings in total. In 1930, Jeon Hyeopil (전형필:全鎣弼), later the founder of the

Gansong Art Museum The Gansong Art Museum, located in Seongbuk-dong, Seongbuk District, Seoul, South Korea, is the first modern private museum of Korea and was founded by Jeon Hyeongpil (전형필 全鎣弼) in 1938. The museum was named after the pen name of the fo ...

, purchased it from an antique dealer in Osaka,

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and newly mounted the album.

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(오세창), who was a journalist and pro-independence activist, wrote the subtitles and postface for the album. ''Hyewon pungsokdo'' is designated as the 135th National Treasure of South Korea and is held in the collection of the

located in

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, Seoul, South Korea.

Gallery

Entertainment (7)

Gibang (5)

Daily life (6)

Meeting (5)

Lovers (5)

Lust (2)

External links

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Brief information about ''Hyewon pungsokdo''
from 한국학연구소 *

from Yahoo Korea dictionary * ttps://web.archive.org/web/20081201163835/http://www.ocp.go.kr/l_guide/school/13.html 옛사람들의 생활모습from 문화재청 *
Brief information about ''Hyewon pungsokdo''
from Encyber dictionary Joseon dynasty Korean painting National Treasures of South Korea {{Korea-stub