Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . lowest of the chunmin (HIK) were classed those making andtrading in leather and shoes, also butchers. According to their classes, theywere differently dealt with by law. These class distinctions were once abol-ished as early as 1S94-, when the Reform Party gained the ascendancy bythe aid of Japan, but it was not until the annexation that equal treatmentwas dealt out to all ])eo]3le except princes. Costume :—The ordinary Korean dress consists of a jacket, coat, and trousersfor males, and to these a skirt is added for females. (Pictures 51 & 52)The ladies when go
Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . lowest of the chunmin (HIK) were classed those making andtrading in leather and shoes, also butchers. According to their classes, theywere differently dealt with by law. These class distinctions were once abol-ished as early as 1S94-, when the Reform Party gained the ascendancy bythe aid of Japan, but it was not until the annexation that equal treatmentwas dealt out to all ])eo]3le except princes. Costume :—The ordinary Korean dress consists of a jacket, coat, and trousersfor males, and to these a skirt is added for females. (Pictures 51 & 52)The ladies when going out cover themselves comi)letely from head to footwith a long voluminous coat, white for yanghan {^i]\) ladies and generallygreen for the common people, even covering the face with the exception of theeves. (Picture 130) The clothing of the common ])eo])le is generally made ofcotton cloth, while the wealthy yanghan (j^itt) wear silk. In point ofcomfortableness the Korean dress has few equals in the world, being cool in. 51. One of the literati of Seoul C«^) and his family. — 33
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