Axonometric Drawings

Aerial view of the house. From this perspective, the complex is divided into three structures. At center is the U-shaped 'anchae', or inner quarters, set apart from the bar-shaped 'munganchae' or gate quarters that sits in front of it. Outside the walls to the left is the 'sarangchae', or outer quarters, where the men of the family studied Confucianism and entertained guests.
Drawn by Timothy M. Ciccone, copyright 2003.

View of the house with the roof removed, revealing interior space.
Drawn by Timothy M. Ciccone, copyright 2003.

Photo Gallery

Yi Namgyu House - 이남규 고택 (李南珪 故宅) (mid-19th century onward)

This house was first built in 1637 by Yi Gu, an ancestor of Yi Namgyu (1855-1907) ten generations back. Yi Namgyu was a highly virtuous and learned scholar who held positions in the government before he resigned in protest against the assassination of Queen Min and went to live in this country home. When the protectorate treaty with Japan was signed in 1905, he appealed to King Gojong (1863-1907) to punish those involved. However, on a complaint from a pro-Japanese society, the Iljinhoe, he was arrested by the Japanese police and while being taken away, he and his son committed suicide near Pyeongjae, Asan. This house consists of a men's quarter and a women's quarter which is laid out in a square. The women's quarter includes a room with two heated floors, one with a wooden floor and a veranda. The house has single-layer eaves and a half-gabled and half-hipped roof, except the left edges of the women's quarter which is gabled and the eaves in front of the hall which are double-layered to keep off the rain.

Address: 충남 예산군 대술면 상항리.

(Designated City Tangible Cultural Property #68).

Site plan

Below: site plan of Yi Namgyu house. Click on an arrow for a specific view
Plan copyright 2002-2003 ATA Laboratory, Daejeon, Korea. Measured and drawn in August, 2002 by the ATA team (including Timothy M. Ciccone).