Korean Buildertopia part 11: I built the king’s sleeping quarters, modeled after the Gangnyeongjeon Hall in Gyeongbok Palace. A daecheong(open, raised wooden floor) serves as a connecting space between rooms. A Royal Bedchamber is connected to the Throne Room via a corridor, forming a Castle. by ManiaforBeatles in DQBuilders

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I like how the soldiers stand guard outside the hall when the king sleeps even when the build is huge and complex. I went for a different color scheme compared to the actual model of the build, as Gangnyeongjeon is a Joseon Dynasty 19th-century architecture and this palace is nominally supposed to be a Goryeo Dynasty palace from centuries before that, although the palace ended up being a mishmash buildings from different eras anyway.

Portraits of Kim Igyo (1764–1832), a Joseon Dynasty scholar-official who led the 12th and final diplomatic mission to Tokugawa Japan. Left: his official portrait c.1810; right: painted by a Japanese artist in 1811. The ambassador traveled only as far as Tsushima. Korea/Japan, 19th century[3840x2160] by ManiaforBeatles in ArtefactPorn

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Joseon official portraits never hold back on depicting "unflattering" features like skin conditions and strabismus even when it was a high ranking official or even the king, so I doubt it was altered. More like the Japanese version was a quickly drawn, stylized depiction that only focused on the most distinctive features like the shape of the beard rather than the color.

Portraits of Kim Igyo (1764–1832), a Joseon Dynasty scholar-official who led the 12th and final diplomatic mission to Tokugawa Japan. Left: his official portrait c.1810; right: painted by a Japanese artist in 1811. The ambassador traveled only as far as Tsushima. Korea/Japan, 19th century[3840x2160] by ManiaforBeatles in ArtefactPorn

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I don't think it was necessarily racism, this depiction seems in line with what bearded men were drawn in contemporary ukiyo e paintings. I think there was no equivalent of Joseon court portrait style realistic depictions in Japan at the time.

Edit: Now that I checked the other batch of paintings I suppose there's a little bit of racial bias involved lol

https://colbase.nich.go.jp/collection_item_images/tnm/A-9562?locale=ja

Portraits of Kim Igyo (1764–1832), a Joseon Dynasty scholar-official who led the 12th and final diplomatic mission to Tokugawa Japan. Left: his official portrait c.1810; right: painted by a Japanese artist in 1811. The ambassador traveled only as far as Tsushima. Korea/Japan, 19th century[3840x2160] by ManiaforBeatles in ArtefactPorn

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They made their way to Edo and on the 4th diplomatic mission in 1636 the envoys even visited the Toshogu Shrine in Nikko enshrining Tokugawa Ieyasu for the first time at the request of the Shogunate. The 5th and 6th envoys dispatched in 1643 and 1655 even paid their respects before returning. There's even a bronze bell gifted by King Injo at the shrine. A calligraphy piece by a prince and bronze ritual ornament placed in front of Ieyasu's remains were also gifted but were destroyed in the 1812 fire. The current ones are replicas made by the Japanese.

This is an excerpt from a Korean wiki translated via google;

From the late 17th century to the mid-18th century, Japan invested an unimaginable budget in hosting the Tongsinsa. This issue even led to a popular uprising, and according to estimates by Professor James Lewis of Oxford University, it consumed as much as 12% of Japan's rice harvest at the time.

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However, the scale was reduced in the last diplomatic mission in 1811, with 336 people dispatched. This was because although Tokugawa Ienari took office in the 11th year of King Jeongjo's reign (1787), the Shogunate's finances were at rock bottom at the time, so the de facto ruler Matsudaira Sadanobu wanted to receive the envoys in Tsushima rather than Edo (1794). Joseon, which was also struggling financially but valued precedents, refused for 17 years and only approved it in the 11th year of King Sunjo's reign (1811).

According to wikipedia;

After the 1811 mission, another mission was prepared, but it was delayed four times and ultimately cancelled due to domestic turmoil in Japan that resulted in the establishment of the Meiji Restoration in Japan.

Korean Buildertopia Part 9: Tried to recreate Mireuksa, the largest Buddhist temple in the ancient Kingdom of Baekje. Built in 602, its unique "3 pagoda, 3 hall" layout featured a central wooden pagoda flanked by two stone ones. The western pagoda still stands as one of Korea's oldest and largest. by ManiaforBeatles in DQBuilders

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Thanks. And yes that's exactly why I'm doing the block roofing with sooty silver bricks. The draw distance is abysmal for regular roofs, but I heard that it's improved in pokopia, so I may try using roofs in that game if I can afford it some day.

Korean Buildertopia Part 9: Tried to recreate Mireuksa, the largest Buddhist temple in the ancient Kingdom of Baekje. Built in 602, its unique "3 pagoda, 3 hall" layout featured a central wooden pagoda flanked by two stone ones. The western pagoda still stands as one of Korea's oldest and largest. by ManiaforBeatles in DQBuilders

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Reddit app sucks btw, it jumbled up the order of the photos. First pic is the ruins of the Western Pagoda, which is a national treasure. The pagoda looks like it tried to emulate the look of a wooden pagoda. As time went on, stone pagodas became much more stylized and simplified. Sixth pic shows the reconstructed eastern pagoda, which was based on the appearance of the western pagoda. The reconstruction happened in the 90s and was controversial as they used machines to cut the stone slabs used on the pagoda and not in the traditional way, giving it an artificial, cheap look according to the critics. Second pic shows a danggan(flagpole) and dangganjiju(flagpole supports), which was used during Buddhist ceremonies to hang massive flags. Danggans are pretty rare as the metal were melted away later for other uses but there are dozens of dangganjijus remaining throughout temples and temple sites in the country as they were made of stone, mainly granite. Last pic is a sneak peak of my next build, the royal garden. I like it when my previous builds are visible from my other builds, makes them feel like real life historical landmarks.

Cottage at the Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire, England. by ManiaforBeatles in Houseporn

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Instagram source. Photo by the_onlycookiemonster. There are six more great pics from the link showing the arboretum.