국립중앙박물관 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA

Highlights
Album of Calligraphy by Heo Mok
  • Nationality/Period

    Joseon Dynasty

  • Materials

    Paper

  • Author

    Heo Mok(許穆, 1595-1682)

  • Category

    Culture / Art - Letter & Paintings - Character - calligraphy

  • Dimensions

    33.6x20.5cm

  • Accession Number

    Dongwon 3428

This book is a collection of calligraphic works by Heo Mok (1595-1682, pen-name: Misu), a Neo-Confucian scholar and civil minister of the mid-Joseon period. He developed a unique calligraphy style which came to be referred to as the “Misu Style”. This style was so singular that his contemporaries derided it as something that should be banned.