The author has hundreds of negatives illustrating Korean Buddhism. One hundred and fifty pictures were used in the original lectures. When cutting down to what seemed the absolute limit, in selecting pictures for the book, he found that he had more than double the number permitted by the necessary conditions. Further reduction was difficult and many pictures have been rejected, which are more beautiful or interesting than some of those that are included. The final choice was based upon the desire to give as clear an idea as possible of actual conditions and to represent all the important phases presented in the lectures. One or two of the pictures were made by Manuel Gonzales in 1911; all the others are the work of Maebashi Hambei, who accompanied me, in my last three expeditions to Korea, as photographer. Chicago, July 12, 1918. CONTENTS Korean Buddhism: PAGE History 1 Condition 32 Art 66 Bibliography 97 Notes 99 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE FACING PAGE I Kim Ku Ha. President of Buddhist Committee for 1917 _Frontispiece_ II General view: Pomo-sa 2 III General view: Yuchom-sa, Diamond Mountains 4 IV Sari monuments: Yuchom-sa 6 V Main Temple: Kumsan-sa 10 VI Sari monument pyramid, Kumsan-sa. (A relic of Buddha is supposed to be enshrined here) 16 VII Geomantic Mast: Chung-ju 18 VIII The Buddha: cave temple, Sukkul-am 22 IX Bodhisattva figure, Sukkul-am 24 X Great Miriok: Eunjin. General view 26 XI Group at Fukoan, branch of Sinkei-sa; Diamond Mountains 28 XII Hain-sa: Building for the Wood-blocks 34 XIII Hain-sa: Building for the Wood-blocks, interior 38 XIV Great Buddha relief on rock face: Inner Kongo 44 XV Sari monument to Muhak: Hoiam-sa 48 XVI Head-priest and Pagoda: Sinkei-sa, Diamond Mountains 50 XVII Main Temple: Yuchom-sa, Diamond Mountains 52 XVIII Carved Door, Yuchom-sa 54 XIX Brahmanic Guardian of Buddhism: Songkwang-sa 56 XX, A, B. Two Deva Kings, Guardians of World Quarters: Sukwang-sa 58 XXI Gigantic Deva King.