Sin Saimdang
Sin Saimdang (
신사임당;
申師任堂;
1504-
1551) was a
Korean artist and
calligraphist, and the mother of the
Confucian scholar
Yulgok. She is often held up as a model of Confucian ideals. Her respectful nickname was
Eojin Eomeoni (어진 어머니; "Kind Mother").