Korean images of Japanese and Japan in the choson period

Abstract

This panel offers examinations of Korean views of Japanese and Japan from the early fifteenth century to the eighteenth century. The three presenters will read reactions, attitudes, and visual representations by Koreans who travelled in Japan, expe- rienced or (re)produced memories of the Japanese invasions in the 1590s, and produced or reproduced maps of Japan. The media of observation-travel, literary writings, and maps-highlight physical, cultural, temporal, and political distances from Japan. The depictions reflect contemporary interests in Japan and contact with Japanese, as well as conditions in the archipel- ago.