| Magoja | |
|---|---|
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 마고자 / 마괘 |
| Hanja | none / 馬褂 |
| Revised Romanization | magoja / magwae |
| McCune–Reischauer | magoja / magwae |
Magoja is a type of upper garment in hanbok, traditional Korean costume which is worn over jeogori (short jacket). It is also called magwae and was originally a male garment, but later became a unisex clothing. Magoja was an originally Manchu style clothing, but was introduced after Heungseon Daewongun who was the father of King Gojong, returned from political exile in Manchuria in 1887.[1][2] Magoja derived from magwae that he wore at that time to protect cold weather of the region. It was good to keep warmth and easy to wear, so that magoja became popular in Korea. It is also called "deot jeogori" (literally "an outer jeogori").[2]
Magoja does not have git (깃, a band of fabric that trims the collar)[3], goreum (고름, coat strings) unlike jeogori and durumagi (overcoat). The men's magoja has seop (섶, overlapped column on the front) and its length is longer than women's magoja, so that its both sides of the bottom are open. A magoja is made of a silk and is adorned with one or two buttons which are usually made from amber. In a male magoja, buttons are attached to the right side on contrary to women's magoja.[2]
At first, women wore the magoja for style rather than as a daily outfit and especially Kaeseong people used to wear it a lot. It is made of a silk and the color for women tends to be a neutral color to harmonize with other garments such as jeogori and chima (a volumous skirt) which are worn together. In spring and autumn, a pastel tone is used for the women's magoja, so that wearers could wear it over a jeogori for style. As for men's magoja worn during spring and summer, jade, green, gray, dark grey were used.[2]