Joseon Print Culture & Woodblock Craftsmanship
Woodblock Printing & Jokbo Engraving Studio (木板 印刷術 工房)
Discover how the Andong Kim clan printed and bound its monumental Daedongbo genealogical registers across the centuries. Experiment with virtual pine-soot inking and horsehair burnishing, explore the 4-stage timber curing and carving craft, and master the traditional Joseon five-hole bookbinding method (오침안정법 / 五針眼訂法) preserved on UNESCO-registered woodblocks at the Advanced Center for Korean Studies.
Joseon Printing Arts & Archival Woodblock Craft
Woodblock Engraving & Inking Studio (木板 印刷術 工房)
Press Operation Controls
Inking & Burnishing
1. Pine-Soot Ink Viscosity:
2. Inking Application:
3. Press Hanji Sheet:
Mirror Reverse View (좌우 반전):
Carved Relief Woodblock: Relief characters chiseled in positive orientation.STATE: RAW CARVED BLOCK
安東金氏 大同譜 卷之一版心: 太師公派 始祖篇慶譜
高麗開國功臣
三太師金宣平
新安東氏得姓
官至大匡亞贊
食邑安東子孫
世系綿遠忠孝
Engraving methodologies and woodblock inventories verified with the Advanced Center for Korean Studies (한국국학진흥원 장판각).
Open Daedongbo Woodblock Facsimile Viewer