The Bridge Between Two Eras In the twilight of the Joseon period, a time when the old world of the Korean monarchy began to collide with the encroaching shadows of a new age, lived An Jung-Sik. Known by his pen name Simjeon, he moved through a landscape of profound political and social upheaval. He was a man of discipline and scholarship, a figure who sought to anchor the drifting identity of his nation through the tip of a brush. Whi…