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PHOTO Back from Japan, Joseon shrine components brought to light

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By Park Han-sol
  • Published Jul 23, 2025 2:43 pm KST
Disassembled components of Gwanwoldang, a royal shrine from the 1392-1910 Joseon Dynasty, are shown at the storage facility of the Korea Foundation for the Traditional Architecture and Technology in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, Wednesday. Last month, the Korea Heritage Service and Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation announced the successful repatriation of the shrine's complete architectural set from Kotoku-in Temple in Kamakura, Japan, where it had been kept since the 1910-45 colonial period. Yonhap

Disassembled components of Gwanwoldang, a royal shrine from the 1392-1910 Joseon Dynasty, are shown at the storage facility of the Korea Foundation for the Traditional Architecture and Technology in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, Wednesday. Last month, the Korea Heritage Service and Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation announced the successful repatriation of the shrine's complete architectural set from Kotoku-in Temple in Kamakura, Japan, where it had been kept since the 1910-45 colonial period. Yonhap

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  • Joseon royal shrine returns home after a century in Japan