E. G. Kemp et al.: The Appearance of Joseon / Child Life in Korea / The Land of the Topknot

These three figures have been grouped together due to the commonality of being women. Kemp was a renowned painter from Scotland. As a member of the Royal Geographical Society, she was well-versed in geography. She wrote a travelogue while painting genre scenes of East Asia with her art supplies; the paintings included in this book are masterpieces worthy of inclusion in the history of Western art in Korea. Underwood, whose real name was L. Horton, came to Korea as a doctor and later became the wife of H. G. Underwood. As the personal physician to Empress Myeongseong, her writings contain insights into the Empress and court secrets that are more profound than anyone else's. As a central figure in the so-called "child abduction incidents" involving Western doctors taking children, she left behind valuable materials for the history of Korean medicine. Wagner, originally from Virginia, was a missionary belonging to the Holston Missionary Society. She entered Joseon with a dream of missionary work in the East, received ordination as the first female minister, and served as the principal of Hosudong Girls' High School in Gaeseong before being forcibly deported. Active as a female educator in Joseon and deeply interested in women's issues and child education, he included beautiful folk paintings of Joseon children as illustrations in this book.

Korean title: 조선의 모습 / 한국의 아동 생활 / 상투의 나라

Korean author: E. G. 켐프 외

Korean publisher: 집문당

ISBN-13: 9788930318389