{{Short description|Traditional Korean wooden shoes}} {{Italic title}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} thumbnail|right|A pair of ''namaksin'' '''''Namaksin''''' ({{Korean|hangul=나막신}}) are traditional Korean wooden shoes made for wearing during muddy and rainy conditions.
There was a misconception that these traditional clogs came not from Asia but from the Netherlands in the past, but in reality, there had been clogs at least from Three Kingdoms period of Korea, which were similar to ''geta'', Japanese clogs. Those ''namaksin'' were called "pyeonggeuk (平屐)". It is presumed that clogs of Baekje went to Japan, and it became the origin of ''geta''.
Clogs in Baekje had three holes like ''geta'', but clogs in Silla had five holes. How people tied its strings in that era is unclear. In the Three Kingdoms period, there were two types of clogs: open-toes shoes, and close-toes shoes. As time went by, the latter became primary as ''namaksin''. These shoes were worn by Koreans of all ages and social positions, usually in the rainy seasons.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Kim|first1=Byong-kuk|title=Korea's new horizon: a collection of articles and essays|last2=Sŏul Kukche Kyŏngje Yŏnʼguwŏn|date=1995|publisher=Seoul Institute of International Economics|location=Seoul, Korea|language=English|oclc=34854884}}</ref>
==See also== * List of shoe styles
==References== {{Reflist}} * 인병선 "한 · 중 · 일 삼국의 고대 나막신 연구" 문화재 38 pp. 109–128 (2005) : 109. UCI G704-SER000010438.2005..38.003 * An Illustrated Guide to Korean Culture - 233 traditional key words. Seoul: Hakgojae Publishing Co. 2002. pp. 138–139. {{ISBN|9788985846981}} * "Culture." EPIK. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 September 2013. * "Dutch clogs." The Hutchinson Encyclopedia. Abington: Helicon, 2013. Credo Reference. Web. 29 September 2013. * DeMello, Margo. Feet and Footwear: A Cultural Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood/ABC-CLIO, 2009. Print.
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