1st Edition

A Unique Banchado The Documentary Painting of King Jeongjo’s Royal Procession to Hwaseong in 1795

By Han Young-woo Copyright 2017
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

Fully illustrated in colour, here is the first introduction in English to one of Korea’s outstanding cultural assets – the banchado (‘painting of the order of guests at a royal event’) – relating to all those taking part (1800 people) in the eight-day royal procession to Hwaseong (Gyeonggi Province) organized by King Jeongjo in 1795 for the dual purpose of visiting his father’s tomb and... Read more
Author's Preface to the English Edition, Translator's Preface, Names, Romanization and Footnotes, List of Figures, Introduction, PART I: JEONGJO LEADS A JOSEON DYNASTY RENAISSANCE, PART II: THE BANCHADO, PART III: ONE-YEAR PREPARATION FOR AN EIGHT-DAY TRIP, PART IV: EIGHT-DAY RECORD OF THE ROYAL PROCESSION TO HWASEON, Glossary, Chinese Characters for Romanized Chinese and Korean Words

Biography

The author Han Young-woo, is emeritus professor of Korean history at Seoul National University, where he was also dean of the College of Humanities and director of the Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies. In addition, he served as a distinguished scholar of the Hallym Academy of Sciences at Hallym University and emeritus professor at Ewha Womans University while also serving as dean of Ewha Academy for Advanced Studies. The original Korean edition of this book was published by Hyohyung Publishing Co., Seoul, in 2007 as an ‘easy-access guidebook’ following publication of a more ambitious ‘art edition’ in 2000, which in turn derived from an extensive work on Korea’s record-keeping tradition of the Joseon Dynasty published in 1998.