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10.Yi Sun-shin instructing the Turtle Ship Construction

  When the Admiral was appointed as the supreme commender of Junla provinces and anticipating the Japanese invasion, he decided to design the iron covered warship, Kubuksun.

This illustration is the scene that he explains the details to the ship carpenters.

It takes place under a golden evening sky with a ray of light piercing it is vividly focused on the explanatory gesture of the Admiral’s instruction.

Being faithful to the intransigent sense of realism, the characters are depicted attentively in their facial expressions.