Size: 193cm * 113cm
The first of Admiral Yi enshrined in the hyeonchungsa Shrine was painted by a distinguished artist Lee Sang-beom in 1932 when Korea was under Japan's colonial -rule. With is original colors faded, it was once substituted by the one painted by Artist Kim Eun-Ho. The current was a portrait which another renowned artist
Chang Woo-Soung painted based on the content of Seoae (Pseudonym) Yu Seong-yong 's Jingbirok in 1953. It was designated as the official portrait of Chungmugong on 30 October 1973 by the Seonhyeon(Saga) Portrait Screening Committee. Admiral Yi's features described in Jingbirok(Memories of the Japanese Invasion)are as follows:
"There was a Valiant spirit in Sun-sin. He sacrificed himsalf for the country. This resulted from his having cultivated his mind steadily."
Some other portraits and bronze statues of Admiral Yi are now preserved at several places other than Hyeonchungsa.