Han Seok-bong (Korean: 한석봉; 1543–1605) was a leading mid-Joseon period calligrapher.
Born in Songdo in the early sixteenth century,[1] in the reign of King Jungjong, Han became a master calligrapher and the primary transcriber for the next king of Joseon, Seonjo.
In 1592, during the Imjin War, he went to King Saboro's hagwon (行在所) in charge of documentary affairs, and served as the head of Gapyeong-gun and Gap-gok.
Whenever he followed the envoy to the Ming Dynasty, Han Ho was praised as the best in the East for writing with a unique and elaborate handwriting at the curb opening, and he was often compared with Wang Hee-ji by several high-ranking officials in the Ming Dynasty.
Seonjo always hung Hanho's writings on the wall to appreciate, and it is said that during the Imjin War and Jeong Yujae, admirals of the Ming Dynasty, Lee Yeo-song (李如松) and Ma gui(麻貴), who had come to help Joseon, also asked Han-ho to handwritten it.