Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . al fell and the kingdom cameto an end. The wall paintings reproduced on Pages 10 and 11 show a strikingsimilarity in style to contemporary paintings in China aiad Japan. Thetombs constructed in this age contain manj such jjaintings, in some of whichthe manners and customs of those old days are well represented. Chineseinfluence predominates in all these paintings. The oldest of these paintings arefound on the walls of a tomb about 6 miles northwest of Chinuampo (|tl^Jji), and are perhaps the oldest of those found not only in Chosen but evenin China or Jajjan. I
Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . al fell and the kingdom cameto an end. The wall paintings reproduced on Pages 10 and 11 show a strikingsimilarity in style to contemporary paintings in China aiad Japan. Thetombs constructed in this age contain manj such jjaintings, in some of whichthe manners and customs of those old days are well represented. Chineseinfluence predominates in all these paintings. The oldest of these paintings arefound on the walls of a tomb about 6 miles northwest of Chinuampo (|tl^Jji), and are perhaps the oldest of those found not only in Chosen but evenin China or Jajjan. It is to be regretted that they are in too great a stateof decay to admit of being successfully photographed. 12 I7> Ornament on a crown discovered in a royal tombof tlie Kingdom of Pakjeh ( fliJt). IS. 18 Nakwha-am (i^fEtf^ Rock of Falling Flowers) on theleft bank of the River Keum (.) about 33 milesup from Kunsan (|tf.|l|), from wfhich many courtladies threw themselves into the water on the down-fall of Pakjeh (Ilj*^)..
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