"Korean Colonel CAJ" 1904. Three Japanese officials are shown at a king's cemetery site. Kings' cemeteries of the Yi Dynasty were guarded by stone warriors and animals. The custom was presumably introduced into Korea during the Silla period from China. Source: Kim, Chewon. Seoul, 1969. p. 129. Collection: Willard Dickerman Straight and Early U.S.-Korea Diplomatic Relations, Cornell University Library

"Korean Colonel CAJ" 1904. Three Japanese officials are shown at a king's cemetery site. Kings' cemeteries of the Yi Dynasty were guarded by stone warriors and animals. The custom was presumably introduced into Korea during the Silla period from China. Source: Kim, Chewon. Seoul, 1969. p. 129. Collection: Willard Dickerman Straight and Early U.S.-Korea Diplomatic Relations, Cornell University Library