Yi Gi-jo Tomb

This is the tomb of Yi Gi-jo (1595–1653), a civil official of the mid-Joseon period, and his wife, Lady Sin of the Goryeong clan. Yi Gi-jo passed the civil service examination during the reign of King Gwanghaegun, and began his official career in earnest after the Injo Restoration. When Yi Gwal's Rebellion broke out, he helped suppress it and won the king's trust, and later, during the reign of King Hyojong, he served as Minister of Personnel and Minister of Works. After his death from illness, the court granted him the posthumous title "Chunggan" in 1698, the 24th year of King Sukjong, and a memorial stele (sindobi) was erected in 1705, the 31st year of King Sukjong. The inscription on the stele was composed by Park Se-chae, written out by his grandson Yi Myeong-pil, and the seal-script heading was written by his maternal grandson Sin Wan. Around the burial mound stand one offering table and one pair each of child-figure stone statues (dongjaseok), stone pillars (mangjuseok), and civil official statues (munin-seok), showing the standardised style of stone furnishings typical of the late Joseon period. Yi Gi-jo's tomb was originally built at Jangdan in Gaeseong, then moved in 1728, the fourth year of King Yeongjo, to San 16, Sanbon-dong, in present-day Gunpo, and was relocated again to its current site in 1992.

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Where it is

Region

Gunpo, Gyeonggi

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물