Clothes Worn by Lady Jeong, the Wife of Yi Hyeong

These are the clothes of Lady Jeong of Dongnae, wife of Yi Hyeong—grandson of Gorimgun of the Jeonju Yi clan, and posthumously granted the post of Jwachanseong (State Councillor)—found in a clothing box inside the coffin when her tomb, originally located beside Geumburam Hermitage in Siheung, Gyeonggi-do, was relocated in 1941 to the clan burial ground at Daejeong-ri, Dunnam-myeon, Imsil-gun. The relics comprise one quilted skirt of white cotton, two quilted skirts of myeongju silk, one quilted jikryeongpo (straight-collared robe) of myeongju silk, and two naechinsang (a type of underskirt). The clothes of Lady Jeong, wife of Yi Hyeong, date from before the Imjin War; the dongjeong (collar-trim) of the jikryeongpo is only 4 cm wide, the narrowest found among robes of that period. This is thought to be because Lady Jeong lived in Hanyang (present-day Seoul) and belonged to the royal family, so that changes in style may have reached her somewhat earlier than they did yangban households in the provinces. A notable feature is the naechingo, a type of underskirt that is closed at the front but open below the hip-line at the back; the same feature is also found in the clothes of the wife of a nephew of Kim Deok-ryeong of Gwangju. As Lady Jeong, wife of Yi Hyeong, died in 1583, the sixteenth year of King Seonjo, these clothes date from before the Imjin War, yet despite the long passage of time they show almost no damage, making them valuable material for studying the development of Korean costume.

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Region

Jeonju, Jeonbuk

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National Folklore Heritage · 국가민속문화유산