Calligraphy by Yi In-sang

"Wonnyeongpil in Seal Script by Yi In-sang" is a set of three albums in which Yi In-sang (pen name Neunghogwan, 1710–1760) wrote Chinese and Korean poems and prose in seal script on paper. He occasionally noted the title of a piece or signed off with "In-sang" or "Wollyeong" (another of his names), but the circumstances behind the writing are not recorded. The cover bears the title "Wonnyeongpil" (Wollyeong's Brush), with the volumes marked below as first, middle, and last. The paper is backed and mounted in album form and bound with the cover in traditional thread-binding style; aside from the loss of the first album's cover, the condition is relatively good. The albums display Yi In-sang's varied approaches to seal script: script with a square structure and thick, powerful strokes; script in the "jade chopstick" style with thin, even strokes; and a distinctively elegant seal script using dry-brush technique. Containing more of his calligraphy than any other surviving album by Yi In-sang, it is all the more valuable for having greatly influenced later master calligraphers of seal and clerical script such as Yi Han-jin (pen name Gyeongsan) and Yu Han-ji (pen name Giwon).

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Where it is

Region

Yongsan-gu, Seoul

Designation

Treasure · 보물