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A Study on Examples of Editing Nuljaejib printing woodblocks

Jang, Won-Yoen 1

1청주고인쇄박물관

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ABSTRACT

This study examined Parksang’s (1474∼1530) set of books as an example about correcting the printed wood-piece while publishing its own set of books in later period of Chosun dynasty. Nuljaejib was published four times based in Honam area which it was first published in 1547 in Geumsan, then Gwangsan(1694), Wanyoung(1796), and Gwangju(1843). Every assigned examiners led the publication, and especially, This study’s main topic Nuljaejib was published in 1843 in Gwangju by Heonjong ordering to Gwangju Moksa Cho Cheulyoung after it was burned in Gwangju Myungyoondang in 1841. For this study, the proofs of Nuljaejib and printed wood and the final copy were contrasted. We confirmed the corrected image of the printed wood and its procedures were confirmed according to the correcting instructions of the proofs, and organized its procedures by figuring out how it was reflected on the printed copy. 16 volumes of 6 books of the book combined with each piece of proofs of Nuljaejib is kept at Kyungbuk University Central Library, and 200 printed woods that are donated by Chungju Park family are kept in Gwangju Minicipal Folk Museum. Although fixing the error of the engraver form a state in the printing process, it was confirmed that there are a lot of corrections to be made in the process of confirming the final copy. Also, correcting the missed number of strokes occurred the most with 87%. An important thing to remember when proofreading Nuljaejib printed wood is the way of correcting abnormal letters inappropriate with the rule of writing. Abnormal letters occurred due to engraver’s lack of understanding of letters which requires second most corrections after correcting the missed number of strokes. From this, it is known that understanding the form of letter is one of the important requirements that engraver of the printed wood must have.

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