Listening to the Geomungo by the Lotus Pond

Shin Yun-bok

Painted

c. 1780

Collection

Kansong Art Museum

Beside a lotus pond three noblemen listen to the geomungo in the company of gisaeng: one leans toward the music, another embraces a woman, the third looks on with his pipe. Shin Yun-bok painted the private pleasures hidden behind the gentry's formality without any hesitation.

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