Yi Hang-bok Tomb

This is the tomb of Yi Hang-bok (1556–1618), a chief state councillor of the mid-Joseon period. Yi Hang-bok held posts including Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Minister of War, Right State Councillor, and Chief State Councillor. The tomb area was built for him and his wife of the Andong Kwon clan, forming two burial mounds. Its original form is preserved and the old stone furnishings survive in good condition. Between the two mounds stands a myopyo (a stele inscribed with the name of the deceased), in the round-capstone, square-base form. Its body is made of marble and shows the sober style of the 17th century. At the lower end of the tomb area stand a manjuseok (a stone pillar) and a munseogin (a stone figure of a civil official). The manjuseok is stable owing to its thick shaft and bears an "ear" ornament — a handle-shaped carving — at its middle, which clearly marks its period. The munseogin is in the yanggwan-jobok form, wearing a yanggwan cap and jobok court robes, showing the flat, two-dimensional style of the early 17th century. At the entrance to the tomb area stands a sindobi (a stele erected beside a road near a tomb to commemorate the lifetime achievements of a king or high official), erected in 1652, the third year of King Hyojong. The sindobi is in the roof-capstone, square-base form; it is grand in scale and imposing in appearance, its neat, extending eaves harmonising with an elaborately decorated base. This tomb retains the artistic quality of 17th-century tomb stonework and is a cultural heritage of high academic value.

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Where it is

Region

Pocheon, Gyeonggi

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물