<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">I am hoping that someone can assist me. I have recently come across an anecdote of a Western male hiring a Korean masseur to massage his back so that he could sleep at night. </span><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Were there professional masseur in Joseon Korea? If so, where were they in the social pecking order?</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">I have been told that during the 1950s many people - men and women - learned how to give massages so that they could provide relief to their parents and grandparents. I am also aware of the blind masseuses - but what is their history?</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Looking forward to any assistance</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Robert Neff</div></div>