Kim Sook-ja

Kim suk-ja(Korean: 김숙자 (金淑子); December 20, 1926 -December 23, 1991 ) was an Ingan-munhwage of Salpulyi, which is the 97th Important Intangible Cultural Properties of Korea.

Kim was born December 20, 1926, in Ansung, Gyeonggi Province, Korea in a family of shaman.

Her grandfather Kim suk-chang(Korean: 김석창(金碩昌);) was a master of Pansori.

She graduated from Bogae elementary school in Ansung, which was famous for artists such as Namsadangpae and Geolrippae.

At 17, she learned Yukjabaegi from her father's friend, Jo jin-young and then she went to Manchuria and Southern Islands to perform seungmu and pansori by the Japanese Governor General of Korea.