Artworks

P’altal Gate, Suwŏn

Artwork · Anonymous · 1794–1796 · building

The south gate of the new city wall of Suwŏn, which Jeongjo of Joseon built near the tomb of his father Crown Prince Sado to atone for his murder by King Yŏngjo: a double-roofed gate with baffled walls, built under Prime Minister Chae Je-gong with Western-inspired techniques and cranes devised by Jeong Yak-yong. 1 Portal 2000, p. 121, fig. 61. ↩ Literatur Portal 2000: Jane Portal, Korea: Art and Archaeology, London: British Museum Press 2000.