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Facebook - Nationality/Period
Joseon Dynasty
- Materials
Paper
- Author
Han Ho(韓濩, 1543-1605)
- Category
Culture / Art - Letter & Paintings - Character - album of great calligraphy
- Dimensions
26.2x16.5cm
- Designation
Treasure 1078-2
- Accession Number
Bongwan 2203
Han Ho (韓濩) is one of the most representative calligraphers of the mid-Joseon Dynasty, and this is one of his masterpieces. Using the cursive style, Han transcribed a poem by the famous Chinese poet Du Fu, entitled “Yang Dianzhong shows Zhang Xu’s Cursive Style.” Han’s seokbong style (石峯體), which he based on that of the Chinese calligrapher Wang Xizhi, is unique for its vivacity and its strong, solid strokes, and has greatly influenced many Korean calligraphers, all the way up to the present day. Here, Han shows an elegant yet powerful style, as well as tremendous diversity. This work comes from a small album that he made called Han Gyeong-hong Jinjeok (韓景洪 眞蹟). The album contains many of his favorite poems and phrases, including a work by his close friend, the mid-Joseon poet, Choe Rip. This album is very significant since it is one of Han’s later works, and showcases regular script (楷書), semi-cursive script (行書), and cursive script (草書), thus illuminating various aspects of the smaller letters written by Han.
