Motifs
Motif · Characters
Many sons
다남多男danam
The characters for 'many sons', stamped in gold leaf on wedding wrappers.
- Wishes for
- Wish for many sons
Gold-leaf characters on a wedding bojagi.
History & tradition
Joseon and later wedding gold-leaf work
多男, 'many sons', states outright the wish that pomegranates and gourds express in images. It appears in gold leaf on a Met wedding bojagi, where it would have wrapped a gift for the bride.
Sources for this entry
수 · 복 (원수문)壽 · 福 (圓壽文)su, bok (wonsumun)