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Title: Dokdo Painter: Yun Peong-sang Materials: Traditional ink and water colors
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Title: Dokdo at Daybreak Painter: Hwang In-heh
Materials: Hanji (traditional Korean paper), traditional ink, charcoal, powdered water colors
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Title: Spring in Dokdo Painter: Ha Seung-hee Materials: Water colors on hanji (traditional Korean paper)
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Title: Dokdo Arirang Painter: Doo Si-young Materials: Mixed on canvas
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Title: Dokdo’s Seodo (West Island) Artist: Han Un-sung Technique: Lithography
This work of art is preserved at Seoul National University’s University Museum of Contemporary Art.
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Title: The Trembling Dokdo Sculptor: Kim Sung-hoi Materials: Copper, iron
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Title: Korea Artist: Lee Wal-chong Technique: Lithography
This work of art belongs to Seoul National University’s University Museum of Contemporary Art.
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Title: Island, Fish I Artist: Oum Jeong-soon Technique: Lithography
This work of art belongs to Seoul National University’s University Museum of Contemporary Art.
Daejoseonguk-jeondo (A Complete Map of Korea)
Made in the 19th century, Daejoseonguk-jeondo was the copperplate-printed
version, although the woodblock-printing was the prevalent method of map
publication in the late Joseon Dynasty. Very thin lines are drawn to indicate
boundaries of the eight provinces, with quite detailed markings of mountain
ranges, rivers and islands. Dokdo is precisely specified as Usan to the east of
Ulleungdo. The waterway distance of “eight hundred ri” (one ri equals
approximately 393 meters) noted between Ulleungdo and Uljin demonstrates
that people used to travel between the island and mainland town.
Korea’s easternmost island Dokdo
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Daejoseonguk-jeondo (A Complete Map of Korea) This map now belongs to Yeungnam University Museum.
Samgukchongdo (The Complete Map of Three Countries)
In 1832, J. Klaproth from Germany copied “A Map of Three Adjoining Countries”
by Hayashi Shihei, a Japanese, to make this map. The observation,
“Takenosima a la Coree,” which is written next to Dokdo and means Dokdo is
Korean territory, clarifies that Dokdo belongs to Korea. Klaproth also colored
Ulleungdo and Dokdo in yellow, the same color he used for the Korean
Peninsula.
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Samgukchongdo (The Complete Map of Three Countries) This map is being preserved by the Seoul Museum of History.