The Korean genre paintings after Kim Hong-do (pen-name: Danwon, 1745-1806 after) were largely focused on everyday life of common folks in Korea. Many of these paintings are highly regarded for the humorous sensibilities of both the artists and the ordinary people they depicted. The genre paintings by Kim Hong-do published in Danwon pungsok hwacheop (Album of Genre Paintings by Kim Hong-do) clearly show his warm yet sharp observations of various aspects of everyday life as led by ordinary Korean people. These paintings show that the artist was more interested in people’s actions and the situations they found themselves in rather than the surrounding natural background. The use of seemingly unrefined brush strokes and carefully devised compositions characterize the genre paintings of Kim Hong-do. While there is no related record remaining, experts believe that Kim began to produce genre paintings when he was in his late 30s and that this collection was published when he was in his 40s. “Plowing a Rice Field” captures three farmers tilling the rice paddy, one plowing with a pair of oxen and the other two with rakes. The animals moving diagonally upwards and the farmers crouched over their tools vividly show their toilsome labor.