donggwoldo literally means "painting of eastern palace." the painting depicts the eastern palaces, changdeokgung and changgyeonggung in 19th century. "donggwol" is an alternative name of changdeokgung, which means it is located to the east of the main royal palace of the joseon dynasty,gyeongbokgung. the palaces in this painting were depicted elaborately in details so its value as the reference of joseon dynasty's palace arrangement is great.