The East Asian War, 1592-1598 : international relations, violence and memory / edited by James B. Lewis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lewis, James Bryant, editor.

Series:

Asian states and empires ; 9.

Asian states and empires ; 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collective memory.

History.

Violence.

War and society.

History, Military.

Korea--History--Japanese Invasions, 1592-1598.

Korea.

China--History, Military--960-1644.

China.

Japan--History, Military--To 1868.

Japan.

East Asia--History, Military.

East Asia.

East Asia--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

East Asia--Foreign relations.

International relations.

East Asia--Strategic aspects.

War and society--East Asia--History.

Violence--East Asia--History.

Collective memory--East Asia--History.

Diplomatic relations.

Strategic aspects of individual places.

Genre:

History.

Military history.

Physical Description:

x, 401 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.

Summary:

"As East Asia regains its historical position as a world centre, information on the history of regional relations becomes ever more critical. Astonishingly, Northeast Asia enjoyed five centuries of international peace from 1400 to 1894, broken only by one major international war--the invasion of Korea in the 1590s by Japan's ruler Hideyoshi. This war involved Koreans, Japanese, Chinese Southeast Asians and Europeans, saw the largest overseas landing in world history up to that time, and devastated Korea. It also highlighted the nature of the strategic balance in the region, presenting China's Ming dynasty with a serious threat that perhaps foreshadowed the dynasty's subsequent overthrow by the Manchus, played a major part in the establishment of the Tokugawa regime with its policy of peace and controlled access to seventeenth and eighteenth century Japan, and demonstrated the importance for regional stability of the subtle relationship of Korea to both China and Japan. This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the war and its aftermath in all its aspects--military, political, social and economic, and cultural. As such it deepens understanding of East Asian international relations and provides important insights into the strategic forces that continue to operate in the region at present"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1: International and Domestic Background

Japanese-Korean and Japanese-Chinese Relations in the Sixteenth Century / by Saeki Koji

Korea's Pre-war Domestic Situation and Relations with Japan / by Han Moon Jong

Violence, Trade, and Impostors in Korean-Japanese Relations, 1510-1609 / by Kenneth R. Robinson

Part 2: War

The Imjin Waeran : Contrasting the First and the Second Invasions of Korea / by Kitajima Manji

Hideyoshi's View of Choson Korea and Japan-Ming Negotiations / by Sajima Akiko

Post-war Domain Source Material on Hideyoshi's Invasion of Korea : The Wartime Memoirs of Shimazu Soldiers / by Murai Shosuke

The Role of the Choson Navy and Major Naval Battles During the Imjin Waeran / by Yi Min'ung

Righteous Army Activity in the Imjin War / by Nukii Masayuki

Ming Grand Strategy and the Intervention in Korea / by Kenneth M. Swope

Wanli China versus Hideyoshi's Japan : Rethinking China's Involvement in the Imjin Waeran / by Harriet Zurndorfer

The Celestial Warriors : Military Aid and Abuse during the Korean War, 1592-98 / by Nam-lin Hur

International Relations and the Imjin War / by James B. Lewis

Part 3: Impact and Memory

"The Inestimable Benevolence of Saving a Country on the Brink of Ruin" : Choson-Ming and Choson-Later Jin Relations in the Seventeenth Century / by Han Myung-gi

Choson Korea and Ming China After the Imjin Waeran : State Rituals in the Later Choson Period / by Kuwano Eiji

War and Cultural Exchange / by Ha Woo Bong

The Imjin Waeran in Korean and Japanese Literatures / by Choi Gwan

Fashioning Womanly Confucian Virtue : The Virtuous Woman in Post-war Literary Discourse / by Michael Pettid

Conclusion

Glossary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138786639

1138786632

OCLC:

871789379

Publisher Number:

40024436402