Artworks

Girls on a seesaw

Artwork · Kisan Kim-Jun Geun · 1880–1900 · drawing

A drawing by Kisan Kim-Jun Geun (Kisan), one of the sets of drawings of Korean customs made for foreigners after Korea opened to Western visitors: girls in traditional dress jumping on a seesaw — a way to glimpse the world beyond the family walls. 1 Portal 2000, pp. 162–163, fig. 90. ↩ Literatur Portal 2000: Jane Portal, Korea: Art and Archaeology, London: British Museum Press 2000.