Fragrance, Elegance, and Virtue

Acknowledgements
Introduction

1. Changing Social Status of Women through the Ages : The Three kingdoms to the Late Choson Period
1) Women before the Choson Dynasty
2) Women during the Choson Dynasty

2. How Women Lived in Pre-modern Korea : A Reconstructed Physical Environments through Art Objects
1) Women's Domain within the Domestic Architecture of the 17th Century
2) Women's Attire
3) Ladies' Personal Ornaments

3. Women Artists, Poets, and Scholars
1) Sin Saimdang(1504-1551) and her Family Circle of Painters
2) Ho Nansorhon(1563-1589) : A poet-painter in Agony
3) Hwang Chini(active mid-16th cent.) : A Brilliant Kinyo Poet
4) Yi Pinghogak(1759-1824) : A Lady of Encyclopedic Knowledge
5) Im Yunjidang(1721-1793) : A Confucian Scholar
6) Chukyang(active mid-19th cent) : A talented Kinyo Painter

4. Needles and Thread(ch'imson) as a Means of Expression
1) Embroidery before the Choson Period
2) Embroidery of the Choson Period

5. In Pursuit of Elegance : Traditional Korean Toiletry
1) Evidence of Cosmetics before the Choson Period
2) The Choson Dynasty

Epilogue
Appendix
Bibliography
List of Figures
Glossary and Index of Names and Terms