Site of Yi Gwang-su’s Villa in Hongji-dong, Seoul

This is the site of the villa where Yi Gwang-su, who published Mujeong (The Heartless), Korea's first modern novel, once lived. The hanok (traditional Korean house) standing here today was newly built around 1970, but the well and the Chinese juniper tree retain their appearance from that period. Yi Gwang-su is regarded as a pioneering writer in the history of modern Korean literature, but he is also a figure included in the Report on the Investigation of Pro-Japanese and Anti-National Activities, compiled under the Special Act on the Investigation into Pro-Japanese and Anti-National Activities under Japanese Colonial Rule.

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Where it is

Region

Jongno-gu, Seoul

Designation

Registered Cultural Heritage · 국가등록문화유산