April 19, 2012
coloryoursoulalways: Choi Seung-hee, legendary Korean dancer, drinks coffee with a young girl at a hotel in Seoul. Photograph was taken in 1940. (source)

coloryoursoulalways:

Choi Seung-hee, legendary Korean dancer, drinks coffee with a young girl at a hotel in Seoul. Photograph was taken in 1940. (source)

(Source: artsofkorea, via asianhistory)

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fyeah-history: One of the earliest photographs depicting yangban Koreans, taken in 1863. The yangban were part of the traditional ruling class or nobles of dynastic Korea during the Joseon Dynasty (July 1392 – October 1897). The yangban were either landed or unlanded aristocracy who comprised the Korean Confucian idea of a “scholarly official.”

fyeah-history:

One of the earliest photographs depicting yangban Koreans, taken in 1863. The yangban were part of the traditional ruling class or nobles of dynastic Korea during the Joseon Dynasty (July 1392 – October 1897). The yangban were either landed or unlanded aristocracy who comprised the Korean Confucian idea of a “scholarly official.”

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