Hansajip Printing Woodblocks

The woodblocks are 53cm long, 20cm wide, and about 2cm thick overall, with end pieces (maguri) 28cm long; the printed text frame (gwangwak) measures 34.5cm across and 20cm in height. There are 133 blocks in total, bearing 256 printed pages: 3 blocks (6 pages) for the preface, 21 blocks (39 pages) for Volume 1, 18 blocks (35 pages) for Volume 2, 22 blocks (42 pages) for Volume 3, 11 blocks (22 pages) for Volume 4, 25 blocks (49 pages) for Volume 5, 12 blocks (24 pages) for Volume 6, and 21 blocks (39 pages) for Volume 7. The author was Gang Dae-su (1591–1658), courtesy name Hak-an, pen name Hansa, of the Jinyang clan, and son of Dangam Gang Ik-mun. A native of Imbuk in Hapcheon, he studied under Naeam Jeong In-hong, Han-gang Jeong Gu, and Yeoheon Jang Hyeon-gwang. He passed the civil service examination in 1612, during the reign of King Gwanghaegun, and held several prestigious posts, but after 1613, having aligned himself with the Jungbuk (Middle Northerner) faction within the ruling Daebuk (Great Northerner) regime, he was pushed out of the centre of power. After the Injo Restoration he returned to office, serving as Magistrate of Dongnae and Governor of Jeonju. Together with Gyeomjae Ha Hong-do, he led the Nammyeong school of thought in the years after the Injo Restoration. The work comprises seven volumes bound into four books, each volume having its own table of contents. Volumes 1 and 2 contain poetry; Volumes 3 and 4 contain memorials, reports to the throne, and letters; Volume 5 contains petitions, reports, prefaces, records, postscripts, building-raising writings, miscellaneous writings, and eulogies; Volume 6 contains stele inscriptions, memorial inscriptions, epitaphs, and accounts of conduct; and Volume 7 is an appendix of elegies and grave-related writings concerning the author. Pages 9 and 10 of Volume 6 are duplicated because the pages were numbered twice, not because their content repeats, so both must be present for the collection to be complete. Page 46 of Volume 7 carries the postscript and publication colophon, according to which the work was printed in the ninth month of 1870 (the fourth gyeongo year after the start of the Chongzhen era) at Banggok in Yongju-myeon, Hapcheon, under the direction of Gang Byeong-hwa, Gang Gi-ro, and others.

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Where it is

Region

Hapcheon, Gyeongnam

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료