Abstract
"Gyubang-gasa" is a file of papers that were written by Korean women in the latter period of era of Joseon Dynasty about their living. In this paper, the authors discuss characteristics of culture of needlework through Banujil needlework that was written in "Gyubang-gasa." As a result of investigation, the following assertions can be made:(1) needlework was considered one of the most important virtue of women, (2) mother and daughter fostered a sense of solidarity, not only handed down skills, (3) needlework was one of the way of expressing the existence of women and the basis of certification from society, (4) for women, married life was an accumulation of painful housework and they accomplished painful housework like as needlework through working all night, (5) women tried to overcome painful housework by assimilating herself with a needle. Those characteristics show a fact that the needlework was the life of Korean women.
