Gwonbeon

Gwonbeon

Infobox Korean name
hangul=권번
hanja=券番
rr=Gwonbeon
mr=Kwŏnbŏn

The gwonbeon were institutions set up for the training and oversight of kisaeng and other entertainers during the period of Japanese rule in the early 20th century. They were the successors of the "gyobang", government-supported institutions which had provided such education and oversight in the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties. They were abolished during the Second World War.Fact|date=February 2007

ee also

*List of Korea-related topics
*Education in Korea
*Gisaeng

External links

* [http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200412/02/200412022144040239900092009201.html Profile of dancer Yi Mae-bang, who attended a gwonbeon in the 1930s]


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