Royal Certificate of Meritorious Subject Issued to Kim Si-min

This is a royal certificate conferring the title of seonmu gongsin, meritorious subject for military merit, on Kim Si-min (1554-1592), the magistrate of Jinju who led Korean forces to victory in the Battle of Jinju, one of the three great victories of the Imjin War (1592-1598). Such certificates were issued in October 1604, the thirty-seventh year of King Seonjo, to generals who had rendered outstanding military service during the war, and this one lists a total of eighteen names, including Yi Sun-sin, Gwon Yul and Won Gyun. The certificate records in detail Kim Si-min's achievements and the rewards granted for them, and, as the best preserved of the surviving seonmu gongsin certificates, it is an important source for research into the history of the Imjin War and into old documents. Dimensions: 38.4 x 287.0 cm (text: 37.2 x 222.5 cm).

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Jinju, Gyeongnam

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Treasure · 보물