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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2149, 3 August 1907, Page 4

A prominent Japanese* nobleman lias succeeded in abstracting from Seoul one of the most ancient and sacred of the nation’s treasures—the beautiful white marble padoga of P'intg-duk. This exquisite example of old Korean architecture was situated in a suburb of Seoul, where it has stood lor nearly a thousand years, ft wn.i stolen by a Japanese nobleman, Viscount Tanaka, assisted by an armed force. The Viscount bad previously asked while at the court at Seoul last January that the gift should bo presented to him to talco back as a gift to Japan, but the King of Korea held out against the proposal. The structure was raised to the ground, the marble blocks wore loaded on carts, conveyed to the nearest station, and sent by train eouthwaid The affair remained for some ti ne a mystery, but it is now stated that when the Emperor of Korea- refused to acquiesce in the proposal to present the P’ung-duk pagoda to Viscount Tanaka, the latter got a Korean official to give a formal permission for the removal of the shrine. Acting on this poiinit, the viscount ordered the pagoda to be taken down ana removed to Japan.

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