Po (clothing)

This article is about the article of Korean clothing. For other uses, see Po (disambiguation).

Po
Korean name
Hangul	포
Hanja	袍
Revised Romanization	po
McCune–Reischauer	p'o

Po is a general term that describes an outer robe or overcoat in Korean traditional clothing.

Description

There are two general types of po, the Korean type and the Chinese type.[1]

The Korean type is a common style from the Three Kingdoms of Korea period, and it is used in modern day.[2][1] A belt was used until it was replaced by a ribbon during late Joseon dynasty. Durumagi is a variety of po that was worn as protection against cold. It had been widely worn as an outer robe over jeogori and baji. It is also called jumagui, juchaui, or juui.[3][2][4]

The Chinese type is different styles of po from China. Starting from North-South states period, they were used through history until nation-wide adoption of the Korean type durumagi in 1895.[1]

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  Dragon robe (or ikseongwanpo): business attire for kings
• 
  Hongryongpo: everyday clothes for kings
• 
  Hwangryongpo: everyday clothes for Sinosphere emperors, styled after the Chinese imperial robe. Once restricted to Chinese emperors, Gojong began to wear the yellow robe after establishing the Korean Empire.
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  Tongcheongwan and Gangsapo

Types

• Changeui (창의, 氅衣)[5]
• Cheollik[5]
• Danryeongpo (단령포/團領袍) – a type of round collar robe, worn by men and women.[6]
• Dapho – a short sleeved overcoat.[5]
• Dopo (도포/道袍) – a type of cross-collar robe worn by the seonbi and the noblemen.[7]
• Durumagi (두루마기/周衣/周莫衣)[5]
• Goryeongpo – Korean term for the Dragon robe.
• Jang-ot (장옷/長衣) – a representative overcoat form women in early Joseon;[6] it later became a form of headdress.
• Jangsam (장삼/長衫)[6]
• Jikryunpo (直領袍) – a robe with a straight neckline.[8][5]

Gallery

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See also

• Durumagi
• Hanbok
• Jeogori
• Jeonbok
• Sagyusam

References

1. 포 (袍) (in Korean). Encyclopedia of Korean Culture. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
2. 저고리 (in Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2009-03-15. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
3. 치마 (in Korean). Nate / EncyKorea.
4. 두루마기 (in Korean). Empas / Britannica. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
5. Do, Ju-Yeun; Kwon, Young-Suk (2001). "Costume Images of the Chosun Period′s Po for Men(Part I ) - Constituent factors, Type, Reflection of the Period -". Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles. 25 (10): 1695–1706. ISSN 1225-1151.
6. Jeong, Ju Ran; Kim, Yong Mun (2017-01-31). "A Study on the Types and Characteristics of Women's Costume Excavated in the Early Joseon Dynasty". Journal of the Korean Society of Costume. 67 (1): 147–168. doi:10.7233/jksc.2017.67.1.147. ISSN 1229-6880.
7. 김, 정애 (2010). "조선시대 도포(道袍)의 형태변화(形態變化)에 관한 연구". ScienceON (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-05-12.
8. Yu, Ju-Ri (2006). "A Study on Costume Culture Interchange Resulting from Political Factors" (PDF). Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles (한국의류학회지). 30 (3): 458–469. Archived from the original on 2023-03-14.

• Lee Ho-jeong (2007-05-07). "Clothing with stories of fertility and faith". JoonAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2009-06-26. Alt URL