Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . 292. The great image of IVIileuk (jjj^^/j). a Buddha, at Eunjin !;) South ChoonSchungProvince (.^ii). 8 miles from Kangkyung (jXjjJ;). isa —. 293. Mokpo Il^iili), South Chulla Province (^rSli^jiil). an open port on the western coast,108 miles by sea, and 120 miles by railway, south of Kunsan (Itflll). Mokpo (:^Wi pop. 15,000) and Ktinsan {^t\h pop. 12,000) are new portsoioened to foreign trade in 1S97 and 1899 respectively. Both were practicallyestablished bj- Japanese and have ever since remained Japanese. They derivetheir prosperity from the immens

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Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . 292. The great image of IVIileuk (jjj^^/j). a Buddha, at Eunjin !;) South ChoonSchungProvince (.^ii). 8 miles from Kangkyung (jXjjJ;). isa —. 293. Mokpo Il^iili), South Chulla Province (^rSli^jiil). an open port on the western coast,108 miles by sea, and 120 miles by railway, south of Kunsan (Itflll). Mokpo (:^Wi pop. 15,000) and Ktinsan {^t\h pop. 12,000) are new portsoioened to foreign trade in 1S97 and 1899 respectively. Both were practicallyestablished bj- Japanese and have ever since remained Japanese. They derivetheir prosperity from the immense expanse of rich land lying behind them, knownas the granary of Chosen, and from the good harbours they possess. Mokpo(>^Ci3j) is noted for the export of cotton, and Kuusau (ll^tlj) for that of rice. The great image of Mileuk (^i^j), given in Picture 292, vv-as made dur-ing the Koryu Period C^^^), the erection of it being started in 968 and fin-ished in 1006. It was made at the time the Korean arts began their down-ward path, the image itself showing marked inferiority^ in taste, as well as inworkmanship, to those of the preceding Silla Period (^|f,i^). Chnnju (:^Jli), a lar

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