China, Korea , and Japan at war, 1592-1598 : eyewitness accounts
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Bibliographic Information
China, Korea , and Japan at war, 1592-1598 : eyewitness accounts
(Asian states and empires, 18)
Routledge, 2020
Available at 4 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The East Asian War of 1592 to 1598 was the only extended war before modern times to involve Japan, Korea, and China. It devastated huge swathes of Korea and led to large population movements across borders. This book draws on surviving letters and diaries to recount the personal experiences of five individuals from different backgrounds who lived through the war and experienced its devastating effects: a Chinese doctor who became a spy; a Japanese samurai on his first foreign expedition; a Korean gentleman turned refugee; a Korean scholar-diplomat; and a Japanese Buddhist monk involved in the atrocities of the invasion. The book outlines the context of the war so that readers can understand the background against which the writers' lives were lived, allows the individual voices of the five men and their reflections on events to come through, and casts much light on prevailing attitudes and conditions, including cultural interaction, identity, cross-border information networks, class conflict, the role of religion in society, and many others aspects of each writer's world.
Table of Contents
Prologue: Witnesses to the Largest Conflict of the Sixteenth Century
1. Warning of the Tsunami to Come: Xu Yihou, patriot in exile
2. Glory in Defeat: Yoshino Jingozaemon, warrior of Japan
3. Between a Tiger and Wolves: Oh Huimun, refugee in his own land
4. When Peace Broke: Hwang Shin, intrepid ambassador
5. Descent into Hell: Keinen, reluctant invader
6. A World Connected: Oh Huimun, one among many
7. Post War: Stories retold, countries reimagined
Epilogue: The War of 1592-1598 and National Identity
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