The Influence of Giyōfū Architecture and 19th Century Japan on Early Modern Korea
Almost a decade after Charles M. Dyce characterized the compradoric style of Chinese open ports, a Japanese art critic coinedContinue Reading
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Early Modern Brick and the Perforated Qing Cross
Before the rise of reinforced concrete, brick was the heart and soul of many an early modern building in Korea.Continue Reading
Hanok in Japan, Korean Architecture Abroad
Over the course of Korea’s colonization, the construction of thousands of machiya and other Japanese clapboard buildings altered Korea’s traditionalContinue Reading
Gunsan
Gunsan was the most important port in the Honam region in the early 1900s. It developed so quickly that itContinue Reading
Gadeokdo
Despite being set apart from the rest of Busan, the island of Gadeok-do actually falls under the jurisdiction of theContinue Reading
Busan (6)
Nam-gu The majority of the hill houses in Uam-dong and Munhyeon-dong appear to be from the 1960s, with perhaps a handfulContinue Reading
Colonial Korea 