Dopo(Gentlemen's Coat with Additional Back Panel)

17th centry, Joseon dynasty, L:133cm, ½W+S.L:125.5cm, W:53.5cm

A Dopo excavated from the tomb of Shin, Gyeong-yu, a military officer. Dopo was a street wear and a formal wear for the nobility below the King, as well as an official formal for the Confucian scholars. This single layered summer Dopo is made of a fabric with a grape pattern, and trimmed around the cuffs and hem.