Chapter 03 · Motif Survival
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壽
Five motifs carried the tradition for four centuries
Known surviving panels by subject across Joseon-dynasty folk painting, 1600–1910
600
400
200
847
623
534
412
389
178
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호작도
모란
화조도
책거리
십장생
어화도
산수도
Tiger & Magpie
Peony
Bird & Flower
Scholar's Books
Ten Longevity
Fish & Lotus
Landscape
Core motifs
Declining subjects
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