Gentlemen of Corea
- Title:
- Gentlemen of Corea
- Collection:
- Willard D. Straight in Korea
- Date:
- ca. 1904
- Country:
- South Korea
United States - ID Number:
- 1260.74.11.05
- Collection Number:
- 1260
- File Name:
- 1260.74.11.05.tif
- Work Type:
- Ephemera
Postcards - Subject:
- Costume
Hats
Shoes
Upper class - Measurement:
- 14 x 9 (centimeters)
- Description:
- Men's everyday garments of three different age groups in the upper class of old Korea. The man's cloth on the right shows 'topo' (ordinary overcoat for scholars) or 'chongjibok' (common robe). They wore it for outings or under the 'chobok' (official robe). They wore a black, wide-brimmed 'kat' (black horsehair hat), a string belt with a tassel, and 'taesahye' (black silk shoes). A young man in the middle is pictured wearing a robe that government official or students of Confucianism wore once they reached the age of adulthood. A young boy on the left is shown wearing an everyday 'chogori' (blouse) and 'paj'i (trousers) and 'chokki' (vest). This picture was obviously taken in a professional studio (western curtains to the right, the arrangement of the table). Source: Kwon, O-chang. Inmurhwaro ponun Choson sidae uri ot, 1998.
- Cite As:
- Willard Dickerman Straight papers, #1260. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Willard Dickerman Straight papers
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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