Korean Women's Traditional Archery

Stephen Selby · Post by **Stephen Selby** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:19 am

I'm referring to this 1935 photo originally linked by Jiao:

I have one or two other sources showing Korean women in traditional costume doing archery, but I don't know when that fashion started and whether it has stopped.

Can anyone advise?

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Thomas Duvernay · Post by **Thomas Duvernay** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:47 am

From what I know, it pretty much disappeared after the 60s. I think I have pics of it around that time in a book somewhere, but I'll have to find it.

The picture was from a competition in Taegu, which is about an hour from where I am.

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