Shijo-jikhae

Abstract

Shijo-jikhae 時調直解 exists as a copy without the information on the author and publication date. The manuscript has a total of 32 pages plus the front and back covers. Shijo-jikhae consists of 26 pages of main text and 6 pages of musical scores. Given the inscription "Kwangju Oyugye yan'gubu" on the inside of the back cover, it appears to have been published in Kwangju by someone in a local group that tried to preserve shijo. Based on the partly provided information of the year in the Preface that is written in the old Korean calendar system, the manuscript was probably published some time between 1953 and 1962.