Books and Documents and Printing Woodblocks held at Yeongju Manchwidanggimgaeguk Lineage

The books, documents and printing woodblocks held by the Manchwidang Kim Gaeguk lineage of Yeongju total 147 items in eight categories: six examination answer sheets (sigwon), 29 royal appointment certificates (gyoji and gyocheop), 32 petitions (soji), 43 household registers (hogudanja), one deed (myeongmun), one commendatory letter (sangchalchan), three books, and 32 printing woodblocks. The three books are the Gwandong Illok, the Dongmunseon (an anthology of Korean literature), and the Samabangmok (Roster of Licentiate Examination Passers). The Gwandong Illok is a diary in which Kim Gaeguk of Manchwidang recorded events of the Japanese invasions of 1592 while serving as governor of Gangwon-do. The Dongmunseon and Samabangmok were printed before the invasions using the cast-metal movable type known as Eulhaeja; given that the state at the time generally printed only 50 to 200 copies of such works and granted them to only a small number of senior officials, these are precious volumes presumed to be naesabon, royal presentation copies bestowed directly by the king. The printing woodblocks for the Manchwidang Munjip (Collected Works of Manchwidang), carved in 1774, the 50th year of King Yeongjo, contain poems, memorial writings and diary entries, with an appendix comprising a family record (gajang), an epitaph (myogalmyeong) and a grave memorial text (myojimyeong). They are excellent material for examining the production of woodblock-printed books at the time, and are all the more valuable for having survived complete, without a single block missing. Kim Gaeguk of Manchwidang (1548–1903) belonged to the Yeonan Kim clan; his courtesy name was Gongje and his pen name was Manchwidang. He passed the civil service examination in 1591, the 24th year of King Seonjo, distinguished himself as a righteous army leader during the Japanese invasions of 1592, and became a registrar (jubu) of the Yebinsi (Bureau of Ceremonial Receptions). In 1650, the first year of King Hyojong, he was posthumously granted the rank of Tongjeongdaebu and the post of Left Deputy Royal Secretary of the Royal Secretariat.

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Region

Yeongju, Gyeongbuk

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Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산