Ssirŭm (Korean wrestling), after Kim Hong-do

Artwork · after Kim Hong-do · 19th century · album leaf · British Museum

A copy of a scene from Kim Hong-do’s album of genre paintings, in the British Museum: a ring of spectators around two wrestlers, a sweet-seller at the side, drawn with simple strokes without background — Kim’s humorous view of ordinary life. 1 Portal 2000, p. 132, fig. 69. ↩ Literatur Portal 2000: Jane Portal, Korea: Art and Archaeology, London: British Museum Press 2000.