Blooded Clothes Worn by Kim Gu

These are the clothes that Kim Ku (1876-1949) was wearing when he was shot and killed at Gyeonggyojang House on 26 June 1949: a set of eight types, ten items in all - a sleeveless jacket (jokki-jeoksam, 1), a jeogori jacket (1), a vest (jokki, 1), a pair of modified inner trousers (gaeryang-sokgoui, 1), trousers (1), trouser ties (daenim, 2), socks (2) and a pair of modified arm sleeves (gaeryang-tosi, 1). Bloodstains remain on the clothes, and bullet holes, in particular in the sleeveless jacket and the jeogori, vividly attest to the circumstances of his death, giving the garments very great historical and symbolic value. The sleeveless jacket, jeogori and vest, which retain the most bloodstaining, have had the left shoulder area cut open; the modified inner trousers - a modernised version of the traditional go-ui undergarment - together with the trousers and the trouser ties, are, like the upper garments, made of silk. There are also brown socks and a pair of modified arm sleeves (unlike the traditional tosi, an over-sleeve type used from the modern period onward to prevent the sleeves of clothing from becoming soiled), and a silver button, thought to have come from the vest, is kept separately.

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Where it is

Region

Seodaemun-gu, Seoul

Designation

Registered Cultural Heritage · 국가등록문화유산