Clothes Worn by Prince Heungwan

Prince Heungwan, Yi Jeong-eung (1815-1848), was the second son of Prince Namyeon and the elder brother of Heungseon Daewongun, Yi Ha-eung. These artifacts are clothes worn by Yi Jeong-eung, kept by his adopted son Prince Wansun, Yi Jae-wan, and later donated to the Sookmyung Women's University Museum by his descendant Yi Cheol-ju. There are thirteen types in all - jobok (court robe for state ceremonies), jebok (ritual robe), sangbok (mourning dress), gugunbok (old-style military uniform), a blue cheollik, kwaeja (military vest), dae (sash), husu (rank-indicating cloth pendant), hyungbae (rank badge), an ivory hol (ceremonial tablet), a decorative sleeveless-vest ornament, a chaseon fan, and a blue-silk lantern - numbering 62 pieces. These are generally known as belonging to Prince Heungwan, but judging by their form some of the garments are presumed to belong to his adopted son, Prince Wansun. Most of the official robes have narrow sleeves; the change from wide to narrow sleeves dates from after the 1894 reform of official dress. Since this was after Prince Heungwan's death and during the period when Prince Wansun held office, it is reasonable to regard the narrow-sleeved robes as belonging to Prince Wansun. The clothes of Prince Heungwan show several distinctive features. The cheongchoui, a blue silk undergarment also called jungdan because it is worn beneath the jobok, has a skirt attached at front and back, or is sleeveless with only the collar retained, over which a red silk garment is layered and joined at the shoulder, creating the effect that the cheongchoui itself has sleeves. A black robe called heuksam also appears; this replaced the cheongchoui at the end of the Korean Empire period, with a thin white line running along the hem and a round collar attached over the straight one. In the danryeong, the official working robe, side panels of a different fabric, added to widen the underarm area, were originally folded to the back and fixed in place; but among the surviving garments some have the sides left open, while others have front and back panels identical to those of a durumagi. The clothes of Prince Heungwan let one see at a glance the changes in official dress during the Enlightenment period, and their variety of form and colour give them great value as a National Folklore Cultural Heritage and a valuable resource for research into the costume of that time.

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Where it is

Region

Yongsan-gu, Seoul

Designation

National Folklore Heritage · 국가민속문화유산