Not included in the book
The Condition Report
The complete incoming inspection of the celadon moon jar — twelve pages of registrar’s documentation, countersigned, filed in triplicate. Copy 2 of 3 is yours.
The File
Free documents from the world of The Joseon Retrospective
Keiko Ito solves her cases through paperwork — condition reports, catalog entries, badge logs, letters filed and forgotten. The documents below are drawn from the world of the novel, prepared as facsimiles for readers. Join my newsletter and the file is yours, free.
With its neighboring entries
The Catalog Entry
Pages 118–121 of the exhibition catalog: the jar’s entry as it went to press, alongside the objects that shared its gallery.
Annotated edition
The 1938 Letter
The document at the heart of the novel, in translation — with a reader’s note on how to read what it does not say.
All three plates
The Floor Plan
The museum in the novel: building section, ground floor, and the basement service corridor readers will want to study for themselves.
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The file is still growing — each entry worth opening.
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