Geumbak | |
Korean name | |
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Hangul | 금박 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | geumbak |
McCune–Reischauer | kŭmbak |
Geumbak (Korean: 금박) is a Korean traditional art for applying extremely thin gold leaf on hanbok, or other fabrics for decoration. Artisans who specialize in the technique are called geumbakjang (금박장).
Kim Deokhwan (김덕환; 金德煥) has been designated as a Living National Treasure as holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property No. 119.[1][2][3][4]