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In the old times of this country when Confucianism ruled society, agriculture and sericulture were the main economic bases of people. Gyeongjikdo was a painting whose aim was to recognize the labors and pain of agriculture and sericulture. It has the form of court painting at first. As the country approached the late Joseon period, Gyeongjikdo became more and more wanted by noblemen and ordinary people. Works of Gyeongjikdo that still remain were in most cases painted between the late Joseon period and the end of the Joseon dynasty. This study examined two pieces of <Nonggawolryeong 12 Gokbyeong> which were presumedly painted by the order of Jukrim Park Ju Yeon(1813~1872) who lived in the region of Dongrae in the 19th century. In the study, substantially, this researcher tried to determine when the above two pieces were made by analyzing their features and styles of illustration and examine who ordered and painted the two works and the purpose of painting them. Out of the two, one is the original which was painted by Songam. It consists of painted images which illustrate agricultural and sericultural processes for each month. The images also contain Nongawolryeongga that corresponds to each month. For this reason, the original was titled 'Nonggawolryeongdo'. Findings of the study can be summarized as follows. First, both of the two pieces clearly reflect features of Gyeongjikdo painted in the late Joseon period. And out of them, one is the original and the other is its imitation. Second, fundamentally underlying the painting of the two pieces were Park Ju Yeon's family background and scholastic disposition. Third, the two pieces of <Nonggawolryeong 12 Gokbyeong> were painted considering geographical features of Dongrae where their painter resided. The original painter of the two works, that is, Songam was probably a painter of the region officially called Dongraebu. Fourth, the original as mentioned above was painted by Songam since the 1830s. Its imitation, whose painter was unclear, was made before 1908. This study found that such imitations were frequently painted according to customers' particular intentions. The supply and demand of paintings in that way allowed this researcher to presume that in the late Joseon period, regional painters could be more active in the late Joseon period . In conclusion, the above two pieces of <Nonggawolryeong 12 Gokbyeong>, which were painted in the region of Dongrae and still remain, are very meaningful in that they reflect features of Gyeongjikdo of the late Joseon period and painting trends of the region.

Gyeongjikdo, Nonggawolryeongdo, genre painting, Dongrae, Park Ju Yeon, Songam, regional painting