Collection: Willard Dickerman Straight and Early U.S.-Korea Diplomatic Relations, Cornell University Library Title: A Corean court singer Date: ca. 1904 Place: Asia: South Korea Type: Postcards/Ephemera Description: Courtesans frequently danced and sang during festivities at the royal court. This singer/dancer is shown wearing a 'hwagwan' (a small crown decorated with flowers and jewels), and a long, well-tailored silk jacket over a skirt. Her hands grasp colorful pieces of cloth which are enhance her performance as she dances. This is a (hand-colored) photograph taken in a studio setting, produced for mass production. Source: Kwon, O-chang. Inmurhwaro ponun Choson sidae uri ot, 1998, p. 150. Inscription/Marks: Inscription imprinted on image: 'A Corean court singer' Identifier: 1260.74.12.04 Persistent URI: hdl.handle.net/1813.001/5xs6 There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source. We had some help with the geocoding from Web Services by Yahoo!