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The museum introduces 100 handicrafts made from various materials, including wood, mother-of-pearl, stone, ceramics, metal, embroidery, paper, plants, bamboo, and leather, all of which are part of the collection of the Onyang Folk Museum in Korea. You can see a wide variety of beautiful handicrafts, including candlesticks, ten dragon palaces, sewing baskets, braziers, and net bags.

Located about an hour by train from Seoul, Onyang Folk Museum is Korea's first folk art museum, having opened in 1978 as a private museum run by Kim Won-dae, who founded a publishing company selling children's literature. The museum covers an area of 72,727 square meters and includes the Kujeong Art Hall, the first building in Korea designed by Korean-Japanese architect Jun Itami, as well as three permanent exhibition rooms, a special exhibition room, and an outdoor exhibition area, and houses about 20,000 household items, including folk tools.

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This book presents 100 highlights of craftworks organized by type material: wood, mother-of-pearl, stone, ceramics, metal, embroidery, paper, plant materials, bamboo, and leather. Featured in the book are a diverse range of beautiful craftworks including candlesticks, juryeonggu (12-sided dice), a sewing basket, a brazier, and a net bag (jurumak).