Jogakbo
Jogakbo · Cloth
Plain silk (habotai-type)
명주 / 주明紬 / 紬myeongju / ju
Plain-weave silk, the most common Korean clothing silk and a frequent jogakbo fabric.
- Meaning
- 명주 明紬 'bright silk' (紬 'plain-woven silk').
- Used for
- Palace 솜보, 겹보 and 맛보; silk 조각보; 명주보
Hand-reeled plain-weave silk. 주(紬) is the plain-weave silk that Korea wove thin and fine, and it was the most-used clothing silk. Court varieties include 생주 and 춘주. In palace records, '소색 주' is undyed pongee.
History & tradition
Three Kingdoms to Joseon
Plain-weave silk was the most-used clothing silk in Korea, woven thin and fine and traded to China and Japan. Silk scraps went into palace and well-off households' jogakbo.
명주 is still a standard hanbok fabric.
Sources for this entry
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