Carlo Rossetti : Corea e Coreani  Volume 2

INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS    Scans of the photos made and shared by Russsell Kelly.

 

 

NOTE - For the Illustrations marked with one or two asterisks, for those of Korean objects from the Author's collection and for the ancient Korean wood engravings, the same notes given in Part I apply. - The pen drawings reproduced here are due to Mr. L. Rossetti, brother of the Author, and the remaining illustrations were taken from photographs kindly offered to the Author by Messrs. JL Smith, former British Vice-Consul in Seoul, L. Ornati Lieutenant of Vessel, former commander of the R. Legation in Seoul, and N. Parodi, second Chief Helmsman, former secretary of the Author.

 

TABLES AND PICTURES OUTSIDE OF THE TEXT:

 

The Temple of Heaven in Seoul    Frontispiece

** View of Cemulpo. 24

China Charter 38

Surroundings of Seoul Kong Dok Ni 44

* The Imperial Palace of Ciong-Dong 60

Surroundings of Seoul 60

** Korean market 74

Pure Korean blood 92

World map 138

Korean playing cards 168

Surroundings of Seoul Kong Dok Ni  178

* The great road of the South Gate 192

Central Post and Telegraph Office in Seoul 192

The mines of Korea 210

* Along Ciong No 222

Map of Korea at the back of the volume

 

IN THE TEXT:

 

* Korean officials on R. N. Puglia 13

Mount Nam-San 14

Seoul - San-Dong District 15

Seoul - The Ciong-Myo road 16

The great road of the South Gate 17

A street in the Southern district 18

Seoul - Japanese district of Cin-ko-gai 19

Laundresses 20

Crossing the Han River 21

* Pheasant seller 22

* Korean type of common class 22

* Korean with rain hat 23

* Fagot Seller 23

Ancient Warrior 24

* Water carrier 25

View of Seoul from Nam-San 26

Seoul - Outside the South Gate 27

** Women of the countryside under the walls of Seoul 28

** Small Korean farmers  29

Seoul - Water Gate  30

Hon Puk Mun, outside Master's Gate 31

** The Walls of Seoul 33

Dry fish shop 34

** Seoul - Wheat Market 35

A Gentleman of the Ancient Mold 37

Common sedan chair "Pu-kyo" 38

* Imperial Guard soldiers 39

Japanese soldiers on the streets of Seoul 41

Beijing Road 42

North Gate on Mount Puk-han 43

Pavilion in the Western Palace 45

** View of Ryong-san, the port of Seoul on the Han River 47

** The ancient Arch at Peking Pass 48

** The Independence Arch 49

* Backrests used by Korean porters 50

Two “coolies” loaded with chairs 51

* Foreign Minister on his way to the Palace with the court sedan and escort of honor 53

The offending pipes 54

** The gate of the Deer Park in the Summer Palace 56

The Cing-Ciong pavilion in the Western Palace 57

Lake Pan-uol in the Western Palace 58

** Pavilion where Queen Min was killed 59

** Room where Queen Min was killed 61

A corner of the Park of the Western Palace  62

* A "coolie" 63

Korean hats: 1. Great ceremony bushel hat (Pit-Cat). 2. Phrygian House Hat (Tang • Ken) _ 3. Butterfly Court Hat (Sai-Mo) 64

Korean hats 1. Court musician's hat (Ya-Tai). 2. Buddhist abbot hat (Carri-Tu). 3, Poreter’s hat 65

Pectoral embroidery of a first degree official 66

Korean Minister in gala dress (Tai-Rye-Pok) in sedan chair (Sa-in-nam-ye) 67

Young “ghi-sang” 68

* Group of "coolies" 69

Gala sedans of the Imperial Palace 70

Common sedan 71

Sedan chair “Cio-hen” 72

Sedan chair “Nam-ye” 73

Common sedan chair “Cyang-pu-kyo” 75

* Seoul Mint - Apprentices 76

* Seoul Mint - An engraver 77

* Seoul Mint - Pantograph for engraving 77

The Independent, organ of the Circle of Independence 79

Funerary monument 80
Ancient pagoda at the Hwa-ciang Monastery, district of Chang-dan  81

Visiting card of a Korean minister 83

* Imperial Pavilion on Tok-so Road near Seoul 84

A gin-seng plantation near Song-Do 85

Korean farrier 86

Frozen Han River Fishing 87

Korean women pounding rice 88

The rain hat in use in Seoul 89

Mourning Man 90

* Yi Yong Ik 91

* A demonstration in front of the Imperial Palace 93

Yun Yung Son. ex-prime minister, in court dress 94

Yi Ciong No, high-ranking Korean official (Pan-su), in court dress 95

Han River Ferry 96

Han River Ferry 97

Talk 99

An “A-mun” outside the West Gate 100

Seoul: Little East Gate 101

Korean police officers and soldiers 103

Prisoners sentenced to the conga 105

Korean Criminal Procedure - Examination of a witness 106

An interrogation in the Korean courts107

Justice is done 108

The end of rebels 109

* Korean cavalry 110

Group of Korean generals and officers111

* A cavalry officer 112

Ancient Korean knights 112

Ancient Korean general in campaign costume 113

Ancient Korean general in ceremonial dress 113.

Korean general in ordinary clothing 114

Korean general In high dress 114

S. E. Min Yong Whan, generalissimo of the Korean army 114

* Korean patrol 115

* The morning show 115

* Korean Trumpeters 116

* A barracks in Seoul 117

Mount Puk-han 118

A stable in Seoul 119

Ancient Korean weapons. 120

Ancient Korean weapons 121

Korean soldier (1882) 122

Page from a Korean military treaty 123

A Korean duel 124

Ancient pagoda in Hwa-ciang monastery, Ciang-dan district  81

A Korean Duel 126

Spearhead 126

A school teacher and his pupils 127

Track printed in "eur-mun" characters  130

Handwritten piece in “eur-mun” characters  130

The Korean Alphabet 131

A recent Japanese banknote (special issue for Korea) showing mixed Chinese writing and “eur-mun” on the sides 132

Table showing the Sanskrit derivation of the Korean alphabet 133

Lattice of a Korean window 134

Korean children 136

Little Korean schoolchildren 137

Ink, brush and inkwell 138

* Seoul High School 139

* Seoul High School pupils 140

* Seoul High School professors 140

* A physics lesson at Seoul High School 141

* An algebra lesson at Seoul High School 141

An elementary school in Seoul. 142

* A lesson by prof. Bollhjan, director of the German language school 143

* Professor Frampton and his assistants 144

* A class of the English school 145

* The pupils of the English school of Seul 145

* Prof. Martel, director of the French language school, and his assistants 147

* Professor. Fomienko in a class of the Russian language school 148

* Pupils of the Russian language school 149

A load of tables 150

** Peasant from Pyeng-yang 151

Young man in mourning 153

Buddhist abbot 153

Weaver 154

Farmers tilling the land155

Commemorative pavilion of the 40th anniversary of the accession of H. M. the Emperor 156

Seoul - The White Buddha. 157

A funeral in Seoul 158

A Buddhist Festival 159

A bridge outside the West Gate 161

Construction of a mud wall 162

Korean newlyweds 163

Korean games: cards and dominoes 164

Children of a Korean village 165

"Nyut" 168

Midday 169

A Korean band 170

Korean Chess 171

A Korean Village 172

The Walls of Seoul on Mount Nam-san 173

In the dyers' district 174

* Mr. Yang and his pupil playing "ul-ki" 175

Black lacquer cabinet from Ciul-la Do 176

A bric-à-brac shop 177

Basket shop and hardware store 179

A chest from Pyeng-yang 180

Seoul box 181

Tobacco box in iron and silver 181

Iron and silver tea box 181

Bronze objects shop 182

General store in Seoul 183

Korean lamp in iron and silver 184

Korean fans 184

Korean bronze 184

Korean painting 185

A Korean forge 186

 "Pu-sang" traveling 187

Rice set in copper 188

** The international concession of Cemulpo (seen from the North) 190

** The international concession of Cemulpo (view from the South) 191

** Japanese Quarter of Fusan 193

* The Japanese Post of Seoul 194

Korean stamps 195

* Mr. Clémencet in Seoul Central Post Office 196

* Central Telephone Office in Seoul 197

* At Seoul station 198

Japanese soldiers at Cemulpo station 199

Peasant 200

The Great Bridge over the Han River and the Cemulpo-Seoul Railway 201

* Seoul tramways 202

* “Illiakou”, the most common means of transport in Seoul 203

* The one and only carriage in Seoul 206

** Southern Seoul District with the Catholic Cathedral 207

The Russian legation in Seoul 208

The Japanese legation in Seoul 209

The American mines of Un-san 211

The German legation in Seoul 212

The American legation in Seoul 214

American Church in Ciong-Dong 215

The French legation in Seoul 217

* The Italian legation in Seoul 218

The new hotel at Seoul Station 219

The British legation in Seoul 221

One lira of ancient Korean currency 224