National Anthropological Archives

Guide to MS 7356 Plates from Korean Games with Notes on the Corresponding Games of China and Japan

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS7356
Creators:
Kim, Chun-gŭn, active 19th century
Dates:
1886
Languages:
Original drawings were titled by the artist in
Korean
; the reproductions have captions in
English
.
Physical Description:
22 Color lithographs
Repository:
Container:
7356

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 22 plates removed from Stewart Cullin's Korean Games with Notes on the Corresponding Games of China and Japan (1895). The plates are color lithographs of drawings deposited by Mary A. Shufeldt in the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania.
Included are: 1. Court officials in military dress; 2. Korean dancing boy; 3. Hunters on snow shoes; 4. Kite flying; 5. Rope walking; 6. Top spinning; 7. Spade shoveling; 8. See-saw; 9. Swinging; 10. Kicked shuttlecock; 11. Boys playing blind man's bluff; 12. Girls playing blind man's bluff; 13. Girls playing jacks with coins; 14. Bowmaker and archer; 15. Yut [ New Year's game] playing; 16. Dignitaries plying chonggyongdo game; 17. Backgammon; 18. Korean chess; 19. Korean chess; 20. Korean checkers; 21. Dominoes; 22. Gambling.
Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Administration

Custodial History
The original watercolor drawings were collected by Mary A. Shufeldt at Ch'oryang (near Pusan) in 1886. They were published in Stewart Culin's Korean Games with Notes on the Corresponding Games of China and Japan, University of Pennsylvania, 1895.
It is unknown how or when the prints were obtained by USNM or the Department of Anthropology. The prints were transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives by Chang-su Houchins in April 1983.
Existence and Location of Originals
The original drawings from which these lithographs were made are held by the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania (cat. 21574).

Digital Content


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Preferred Citation
MS 7356 Plates from Korean Games with Notes on the Corresponding Games of China and Japan, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Related Materials
The National Anthropological Archives holds a collection of watercolors by the same artist in Kim Chun-gŭn drawings of Korean life (NAA MS 211195).

More Information

Variant Title

Variant Title
Korean games
Mary A. Shefeldt [sic] collection of color reproductions of watercolors of Korean games by Kisan


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Korea Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
East Asia Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photomechanical prints Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Works of art Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Lithographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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