Korean Stamp Portal Service K-stamp

Stamp tells exciting stories! Welcome to the Korean Stamp Portal System

title

home Stamp Collecting Information on Korean Stamps Stamp Gallery

left menu title

  • Information on Korean stamp
    • History
    • Stamp gallery
    • Stamp Issuance Program
  • K-stamp news
  • Philatelic Focus
    • K-stamp Focus
    • Stamp Story
    • K-stamp news
top

Stmap Gallery

Folding Screen of Books and Scholar´s Accoutrements on Bookshelves
Stamp Picture
zoom   Shopping
클릭하면 확대되어 보입니다. 클릭하면 확대되어 보입니다.
information on Korean stamp
Date of Issue : 2022.03.30
Types : 10
Denomination : 430 won
Design :
Stamp No. : 3576
Printing Process
& Colors
: null
Size of Stamp : 22 × 44.4
WholeSheet
Composition
: 10 × 1
Image Area : 22 × 44.4
Paper : null
Perforation : 13½ × 13½
Printer : POSA
Designer : Ryu,Ji-hyeong
Quantity : 420,000
Detail
Chaekgado, also known as chaekgeori, is a folding screen that depicts various drawings including books and scholar`s accoutrements, such as writing supplies, ceramics, flowers and fruits, placed on bookshelves. During the later years of the Joseon dynasty in the late eighteenth century, collecting valuable books and antiques became a widespread hobby, which eventually gave rise to the trend of chaekgado. In particular, King Jeongjo’s love for chaekgado was especially distinctive as his reign at the time adopted a political system that valued literacy and academia. King Jeongjo placed a chaekgado behind the royal throne in Changdeokgung Palace and explained his intentions to his subordinates; he ordered them to select elite painters exclusively for royal court based on the special evaluation of painters-in-waiting (jabidaeryeonghwawon) to paint chaekgado. One of the few distinguished chaekgado painters of the nineteenth century is Yi Hyeong-nok. The Yi family boasts a lineage of reputable painters that attended the Korean Royal Academy of Painting; having inherited chaekgado painting techniques from his father Yi Yun-min, the legacy of the Yi family’s chaekgado heritage has then been passed down to his grandson Yi Deok-yeong. Folding Screen of Books and Scholar`s Accoutrements on Bookshelves by Yi Hyeong-nok is widely known as his magnum opus. Comprising ten panels in total, Yi`s seal is featured on the second panel from the left. The seal is of his new name Yi Eung-nok that he took on when he turned 57 years old. Born as Yi Hyeong-nok, he changed his name twice to Yi Eung-nok in 1864 and Yi Tae-gyun in 1871. Accordingly, it can be estimated that he painted this piece between 1864 and 1871. Looking closely at the painting, the shelves depict a sense of depth through shading and dimensionality through varied perspective of books. Yi`s painting technique resembles Western art, showing aspects of spatial and geometric elements. Moreover, the painting features a Western-style clock as well as a variety of flowers, such as royal azalea, daffodil, chrysanthemum and peony, all of which symbolize good luck. Korea Post is issuing the commemorative stamp Folding Screen of Books and Scholar’s Accoutrements on Bookshelves depicting both the colorful yet prudent beauty of chaekgado. When folded along the perforated lines, the stamp can be placed like an actual folding screen, adding to its value as a collector’s item. We hope that this commemorative stamp inspired by Yi Hyeong-nok’s Folding Screen of Books and Scholar`s Accoutrements on Bookshelves serves as an opportunity to enjoy the highly-praised artwork that flawlessly illustrates the books and scholar’s accoutrements of the Joseon dynasty.
list