Historical Research on Costume of Main Characters in the Movie 〈Masquerade〉

Abstract

The results of an examination of the early 17th century costume of king, Queen, Doseungji(都承旨), and Dobujang(都部將), the main characters in the movie are as follows. First, at the early of the 17th century, the position of the kings royal bodyguards(侍衛武士) should be Pachong(把摠). The kings escort should be accompanied by the right amount of military. Second, The king dressed in a king’s crown(翼善冠) and dragon robe(袞龍袍) as a everyday uniform. The front part of man’s headband(網巾) is wide, decorated with unsculptured jade button. King’s crown has a low crown. Inside of dragon robe, king wore a Jingnyeong(直領) and a Cheolrik(天翼). Dragon patterns(龍補) were weaved, it’s the diameter was maybe 34 ㎝. Belt shape was round and separable which was decorated with sculptured jade. King wore black leather boots with socks made of leather. Third, Doseungji wore official’s black robe(黑團領) in the royal palace and wore everyday clothes(便服) in outside the palace. Doseungji’s black robe consisted of official’s hat(紗帽), official’s black robe, silver pheasant patterned insignia(白鷳胸背), silver ranking belt and black leather boots. Silver pheasant patterned insignia was embroidered, it’s the size was maybe 34×34 ㎝. Doseungji’s everyday clothes consisted of man’s hat(黑笠), Jingnyeong, Jungchimak(中赤莫), red flat waist cord, tail-shaped leggings and cloud patterned shoes. Man’s hat has a low crown and the top is not flat. King’s royal bodyguards wore Yungbok(戎服) for Danghagwan(堂下官). It consisted of man’s hat, greyish blue Cheolrik, blue flat waist cord and black leather boots. The ratio of Cheolrik’s top to skirt was 1:1.55. Queen’s hair style decorated false hairpiece(加髢). Queen’s everyday clothes consisted of short Jeogori(赤古里), Dangui(唐衣), skirt and accessories. The costume of the queen in the movie was more creative than historical research. It is because of the image in the movie and the eye level of modern audiences.