한지사 직물을 이용한 수의 제작 및 물성평가

Abstract

Using shrouds has been a long lasting custom to pay respect for the dead. The best clothes among those worn while the dead was alive were chosen: officials were treated with official clothes that they wore while alive; ordinary people were treated with wedding clothes, the best ceremonial dress. Among the excavated remains of the first and middle period of Chosen were found the clothes that have left traces indicating that the dead had worn while alive. From the late period of Chosen, however, not a few shrouds were excavated which were newly made of good silk, revealing that shrouds were specially made instead of using the clothes that the dead had worn while alive. This paper reports the following results obtained by shroud production out of 100% Hanji yarn fabric and from the evaluation of material property on Hanji yarn fabric. Evaluations on fastness to various aspects revealed that fastness to washing is largely grade 4, which is relatively high; Fastness to dry cleaning and rubbing is above grade 4, which is very high; Fastness to light is grade 3, which, just like silk, is somewhat low but is not a problem for shrouds at all. Expected effects from the shroud production out of 100% Hanji yarn fabric are great. So far, in making shrouds, hemp cloth has tended to be preferred, thereby leading to a shortage of domestic hemp cloth and the import of cheap Chinese product. Thus Hanji shrouds are expected to be widely used as an ordinary dress, thereby replacing low quality Chinese product, and to be further developed into a high value-added product.