Queen Sohye’s Instruction for Women

This is an instruction book for women published in 1475 (year 6 of Seongjong) by Queen Sohye (1437-1504), a wife of Deokjong. Queen Sohye was appointed as the queen mother in 1475. The book has many different editions and this particular one seems to be a 1736 (year 12 of Yeongjo) edition. The beginning of a book has 「Eojaenaehunseo」 written by Queen Sohye, and 「Eojae naehunsoji」, and at the end of the book, there is an epilogue written by a civil servant Jo. The book has 7 chapters total, and has Korean endings to the Chinese phrases. According to the recipient document and collector’s mark, this book was given to the research office for an education of a crown prince.