Eo Gye Historic House, Haman

This is the house where Jo Ryeo (1420–1489), penname Eogye, a civil official of the early Joseon period, was born. Jo Ryeo was one of the Saengyuksin, the six subjects who remained loyal to King Danjong after his deposition; he gave up his official post for the king's sake, retrieved King Danjong's body at Yeongwol, held the funeral rites, and afterwards enshrined the king's spirit at Donghaksa Temple. Eogye then spent the rest of his years here fishing, and the house is now used by his descendants as a jaesil, a house kept for ancestral rites. It consists of an outer gate quarters, the jaesil, and a shrine. The gate quarters have three bays, with a solgatdaemun, a gate whose central section is built higher than the rest, in the middle, and rooms fitted into the bays on either side. The jaesil measures four bays across the front and two bays to the side, and has a paljak, or hip-and-gable, roof, whose sides take the shape of the character 八 (eight). It follows a single-line (il-ja) plan with no kitchen: the two central bays form a daecheong, an open wooden-floored hall, while the rooms on either side each have a one-bay toenmaru, a narrow wooden veranda, and the whole is enclosed by a wall. The shrine has a three-bay single-line plan and a matbae, or gable, roof, whose sides resemble the shape of the character 人 (person). It is a relatively ornate building, in which rites are held for Eogye and his wife. Overall, the structure, materials and form of the buildings follow the plain style typical of ordinary houses of the late Joseon period, giving an impression of simplicity and frugality.

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Region

Haman, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산