『斜川詩帖』은 조선중기 문인 李好閔(1553~1634), 李景嚴(1579~1652) 부자의 별서, 계회와 관련된 李信欽(1570-1631)의 그림과 중기 문인들의 시문, 글씨들로 이루어진 시서화첩이다. 春, 夏, 秋, 冬 4권의「斜川詩帖」과 1권의 「世年契會帖」으로 구성되어 있다. 본고에서 『사천시첩』 그림과 시문들의 내용 및 양식고찰을 통해 밝혀낸 점은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 이경엄의 사천장 운영과 팔경의 지정, 이신흠의 〈사천장팔경도〉 제작은 1616년을 전후하여 시행된 것으로 보았다. 둘째, 〈사천장팔경도〉와 함께 「사천시첩」 각 권의 처음에 등장하는 선유도와 화조도 3점이 사천장과 관련된 것이 아닌, 이신흠이 1604년 〈세년계회도〉 제작시에 그린 작품일 것으로 보았다. 이 그림들은 《연주동년계회첩》의 화조도와 김홍도의 아집도 제작기록을 통해 세년계회 중간에 제작된 것으로 추정하였다. 셋째, 〈사천장팔경도〉와 〈세년계회도〉는 현재 경기도 양평과 서울 안국동, 삼청동 일대의 실경을 그린 것으로, 현재 지역의 위치 및 형상이 거의 정확하게 일치하는 것을 살펴보았다. 전체적으로는 부감시를 통해 사천주변의 8경과 한양 일대의 정경을 한 화면에 집약하면서, 각각의 경승은 다양한 시점을 통해 구체적으로 묘사되어 있다. 이러한 구성은 『해내기관』이나 『삼재도회』와도 관련이 있었다. 이상의 『사천시첩』 체제와 양식을 통해 도출할 수 있는 회화사적 의의는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 『사천시첩』은 17세기 전반의 별서도, 계회도, 화조화, 산수인물화, 제화시문이 함께 성첩된 유일한 미술사 사료이다. 『사천시첩』을 통해 17세기 문인들의 시,서,화 교류양상을 살필 수 있으며, 조선중기 실경산수화의 제작 양상을 구체적으로 고찰할 수 있다. 특히 〈사천장팔경도〉는 유명 문인들의 별서로 유명했던 양평 용문산 일대를 담은 유일한 실경이라는 점에서 의의가 있다. 둘째, 〈세년계회도〉와 함께 제작된 것으로 추정한 화조화, 산수인물화의 예를 통해 조선중기 계회도의 제작양상과 특징을 고찰할 수 있다. 이는 계회도 대신 화조화가 등장하는 《연계동년계회첩》을 이해하는 데에도 중요한 사례가 되며, 산수화, 화조화, 산수인물화가 문인들의 이상적 가치를 반영하는 화목으로서 동등하게 인식되었다는 점을 말해주는 근거가 된다. 셋째, 『사천시첩』의 회화 작품들을 통해 조선중기의 대표적 화가 이신흠 회화의 기년과 양식적 특징을 구체적으로 조명할 수 있었다.
The Sacheon Collection of Poems is a collection of paintings made by Lee Sinheum(1570-1631), who was associated with the farm villa Sacheonjang and with the gyehoe(fraternity association gatherings) of Lee Ho-min(1553-1634) and his son Yi Gyeongeom(1579-1652), both of whom were men of letters during the mid-Joseon Period. The collection also includes poems and calligraphic works composed by contemporary men of letters. It consists of four volumes of poems about the four seasons and a volume about gyehoe. This study came up with the following findings as a result of examination of the contents and style of the book: First, it is thought that the designation of eight scenic views(palgyeong) near Sacheonjang, and Lee Sin-heum’s Sacheonjang Palgyeongdo(Painting of the Eight Scenic Views of Sacheonjang) were all made in or about 1616, at a time when Lee Gyeong-eom was operating the villa. Second, it is thought that the three pictures of deities taking their leisure and of flowers and birds, which appear along with Sacheonjang Palgyeongdo at the first part of each volume of the collection, have nothing to do with Sacheonjang Villa but had been done at the time of Lee Sin-heum’s Senyeon Gyehoedo(Painting of a Gathering of Fraternity Association Members) in 1604. The belief that these pictures had been painted during that session is based on records about the painting of pictures of flowers and birds of Yeonjudongnyeon Gyehoecheop and Gim Hong-do’s Ajipdo(a picture of a gathering of 16 well-known artists at Wang Shen’s house during the Northern Song China period). Third, the two pictures, Sacheonjang Palgyeongdo and Senyeon Gyehoedo, portrayed scenes in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi-do and in Anguk-dong and Samcheong-dong, Seoul, and the scenes correspond to present-day scenes there. They portray the several places on one scene, with each scene portrayed in detail from diverse perspectives. This mode of composition is thought to have something to do with those of Hainei qiguan(Marvelous Sights within the Empire) or with the Sancai tuhui, a richly illustrated encyclopedia from the Ming period compiled by Wang Qi. The significance from an art history perspective found from the form and style used in Sacheon Collection of Poems is as follows: First, the collection, which was made in the early 17th Century, is the only material available for those studying the history of fine art that contains a picture of a farm villa, a picture of a fraternity association gathering(gyehoedo), a picture of flowers and birds(hwajohwa), a picture of a landscape and figures, and poems associated with the subjects of the pictures. The book makes it possible to look at poems, other writings and pictures produced by people of letters in the 17<SUP>th</SUP> Century and at how these people mingled with each other, and in addition, how topographic landscapes were painted in the mid-Joseon Period. It is particularly noteworthy that Sacheonjang Palgyeongdo is the only real landscape painting available of a place in Yongmunsan Mountain, Yangpyeong, which was noted as a site of farm villas belonging to well-known men of letters. Second, the status of production of gyehoedo in the mid-Joseon Period can be examined, along with the characteristics of hwajohwa, landscape pictures, and figure pictures, which are all thought to have been made along with Senyeon Gyehoedo. This made it possible to get a better understanding of Yeonjudongnyeon Gyehoecheop, in which hwajohwa appears instead of gyehoedo, and lays the basis for thinking that hwajohwa, landscape pictures, and figure pictures were all equally recognized as objects that reflected ideal values of people of letters. Third, the collection makes it possible to examine in detail chronological and stylerelated characteristics of the paintings of Lee Sin-heum, a leading painter of the mid-Joseon Period.