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Korea's First Museum and the Categorization of “Buddhist Statues”

Seunghye Lee
Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies (2021) 21 (1): 51–81.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/15982661-8873892
Published: 01 May 2021
...Seunghye Lee Abstract The establishment of a museum in the precinct of Ch'anggyŏnggung Palace in 1909 marked an important moment in the historiography of Korean art. Although recent studies have examined the founding, organization, and financing of the first Korean museum, the formation of its...
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Play a Trick and Get a Queen: “Divine Tricksters” in Ancient Korea (and Beyond)

Maurizio Riotto
Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies (2021) 21 (2): 161–189.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/15982661-9326199
Published: 01 November 2021
...Maurizio Riotto Abstract The issue of trickster in old Korean literature has yet to be discussed in a broadly comparative way in a scientific context. Using a structuralist approach, this article addresses the anthropological theme of the “divine trickster” in some stories from ancient Korea...
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Zoomorphizing the Asterisms: Indigenous Interpretations of the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions in the History of China

Soyeon Kim
Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies (2022) 22 (1): 1–26.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/15982661-9767171
Published: 01 May 2022
..., the specific characteristics of the lunar mansions did not matter—only the talents and achievements of the generals counted. The example of the twenty-eight generals is not the only case of association between historical figures and stars in East Asia. On the Korean Peninsula, the motif of the falling star...
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