They are categorized as 이; 履; yi, shoes with a short height, and the specific name can vary according to the materials used, as with samsin, wanggolsin, cheongol jisin, and budeulsin.

[1][2] In the Joseon period, jipsin were worn mostly by commoners, working farmers.

This was even true of middle and even upper-class women; it was not "considered lowering for her to engage in making of straw shoes".

[3] They are very similar, especially in form, to mituri, which are also traditional Korean woven shoes.

The difference lies primarily in materials; jipsin are typically made of straw, while mituri are made from hemp,[4] Cyperus exaltatus (왕골), or cattail.