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Hanging scroll written by Queen Dowager Inmok-daebi
Name: Hanging scroll written by Queen Dowager Inmok-daebi
Designation: Tangible cultural property No. 34 July 10, 1973
Period: Mid-Choson period
Location: 764 Chiljang-ri, Iljuk-myon
Owner: Chiljangsa Temple (in the possession of Yongjusa Temple)
Material: Paper
Size: 1.1m long, 50cm wide
 

When Queen Dowager Inmok-daebi reconstructed Chiljangsa Temple for his father Kim Chenam and his son Prince Yongchang-daegun, she personally bestowed ten books of sutras and a hanging scroll in her own handwriting to Kim Kwangmyong. Presently, only the hanging scroll is preserved. Inmok-daebi was born in 1584 (Sonjo 17) and selected as the queen consort in 1602 (Sonjo 35). She is mother of Prince Yongchang-daegun, the only legitimate son of Sonjo. As the Crown Prince Kwanghaegun acceded to the throne, Yu Kyong¡¯yong and his party, who attempted to dethrone and have Prince Yongchang-daegun instated as the Crown Prince, were ruined, and Chong Inhong and his party acquired power. They ousted Prince Yongchang-daegun to Kanghwa (and killed him later), killed Kim Chenam, and dethroned Inmok-daebi and confined her in Sogung Palace, in the 5th year of King Kwanghaegun (1613). She was reinstated and became the Queen Dowager by the restoration movement of ¡°Incho-banjong¡± in the 15th year of King Kwanghaegun (1623). She died in the 10th year of Incho (1632).