Explanatory Sketch of Mural Paintings in Old Tombs of Kokuryo Period.

n.d., about 1906, 2 leaves of text (english and corean) and numerous illustrations on 48 (24 coloured) plates in original cloth-portfolio with mounted cover-title. Folio. OLwd.

the ancient tombs and their frescoes in West chosen enable the student on the one hand to become acquainted with the ancient system of burial and on the other to infer from the construction of their vaults how houses were built in those days. They also throw much light on the manners and customs, pictorial art, and designs of thes remote days. (Introduction). - The plates shows paintings of dragons, mythicals beasts, landscape photographs, drawings of broken pot fragments, and more. - Inner joints of portfolio minimally damaged, else a fine copy.