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Choi Sun-il, a 47-year-old South Korean researcher at the Northeast Asia Buddhist Research Institute in Seoul, visits the Koryo Museum every year to study its collection of Buddhist statues. He said he was surprised that there is a museum focusing on the culture of the Korean Peninsula in the ancient capital of Japan.
Choi held academic conferences the last two springs in Seoul themed on the Kyoto museum. Last year, he also released a book featuring the museum and Jeong.
“It has the potential of becoming a center to allow visitors to get an overall grasp of South Korean culture,” Choi said.
Whang Cheol-mean, a 54-year-old film professor at Sejong University in Seoul, heard about the museum from Choi.
Whang, who is also a movie director, decided to create a documentary film featuring the art gallery and the life of its founder. The documentary is titled “Jeong Jo-mun no Shiroi Tsubo” (Jeong Jo-mun’s white pot).
Tracing the life of Jeong, who interacted with renowned Japanese writer Ryotaro Shiba, Whang reflects on the current chilly ties between Japan and South Korea.
“We have forgotten our long-continuing exchanges and have been involved in a spat,” said Whang, referring to the recent bilateral relations that have soured over a territorial dispute and perceptions of shared history. “It is just a waste of time.”
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