Gakguk Jogyeseok, Incheon

A foreign concession (jogye) was a residential district reserved exclusively for foreigners, in which local administrative authority was ceded to foreign powers, and a jogyeseok is a type of marker stone indicating the boundary of such a district. In Incheon, a Japanese exclusive concession was established in 1883, followed in 1884 by the Chinese merchants' concession and the international concession, making three concessions in all. This particular international-concession marker was set under the 'Regulations for the Incheon Jemulpo International Concession', concluded between representatives of Korea, the United States, Britain, Qing China, Japan and Germany. It marks the boundary of the foreign residential district, covering an area of about 140,000 pyeong across Songhak-dong, Songwol-dong and Manseok-dong, and each face of the stone is cut into a well-finished square.

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Yeonsu-gu, Incheon

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료