Chaekgeori, which means "books and things", is a genre of still-life painting from the Joseon period of Korea. As the name says, it features predominantly books... Here's a chaekgeori (ca. 1870) by Lee EungRok
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The chaekgeori style was propagated in Korea at the end of the 18th century by the bibliophile King Jeongjo. Here's a chaekgeori (1791) owned by King Jeongjo himself
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Eight-panel folding screen, embroidery on silk. Late 1800s, Korea (Korean Folk Village Museum, Yongin).
