Books Written by Dr. Zo Zayong
Published by his Emille Museum

With Photos of Paintings from his Collection, and historic Korean artworks

Exhibited here in the interest of preserving his legacy;
all have been "out-of-print" for many years

Those copies that remain are offered for sale, exclusively
on this web-site -- proceeds will go towards maintaining it.
Guardians of Happiness

Published in 1982, this is Zo's major and
definitive work, in which he fully lays out
his theories of Korean folk-art and the
role & development of its folk-culture.

It contains many photographs of the best
of his own collection of antique Korean
folk-paintings.  
There are now only four
copies left for sale.

Prices:  (postage included)

w40,000 or US$33 in Korea   


US$50 outside Korea
Korean Tiger

published in 1984, this was the official
Catalog of an international-oriented
exhibition that Zo held with others to
commemorate the dedication of Seoul's
Olympic Stadium, in the run-up to the
1988 Summer Olympic Games.

It contains many photographs of the
best of his own collection, and other
collections nationwide, of antique  
Korean folk-paintings of Tigers.   A few
items designated as National Cultural
Treasures are included.
There are now 17 copies left for sale.
Prices:   (postage included)

w20,000 /  US$16  in Korea


US$33 outside Korea
If you would like either of these books, I will mail it to you.   To order,  you can deposit
the money to Uri-eun-haeng / Woori Bank, send me a check / IMO, or use PayPal.
These prices
include first-class postage.  Delivery guaranteed.

I now accept "PayPal" payments, including by credit-cards, for these books.
Go to:
https://www.paypal.com  and pay to mntnwolf@yahoo.com

Just e-mail me with your mailing address to:  mntnwolf@yahoo.com

Thank-you for your interest and support!   David A. Mason
The Life of Buddha

Published in 1975, this unique
oversized book presents and
explains the large-format paintings
of Sakyamuni Buddha's life often
found in large Korean Buddhist
temples, and often containing
interesting folkish elements.

There are none remaining for sale.
Diamond Mountain
volume 1 and volume 2

Also published in 1975, these
unique oversized thin books
present and explain the history
of both formal aristocratic and
crudely-symbolic paintings of
Geumgang-san, Korea's most
beautiful and storied mountains
-- and in the process fully
explain their fascinating folkish
and shamanic elements.
Zo Zayong also wrote these books
in English, of which I have no copies
and for which I have no images.  If
you own a copy of one of these,
please contact me by
e-mail:

"Woodblock Prints of Old Korea"
"Introduction to Korean Folk-Painting"
There are none
remaining for sale.
"Folkism" Volumes 1 & 2
"Spirit of the Korean Tiger"
"The Humor of the Korean Tiger"
There are none of these remaining for sale.