[KS] Chinese "control" over Choson

[robinson at icu.ac.jp]

David Kang asks about additional readings for late Choson period relations
with Japan and/or China. He has also read James B. Lewis' book, too, I
believe.  In addition, in Korean, among others, ChOng SOngil's book is a
must-read for K-J relations. He, Tashiro, and the late Nakamura Tadashi
have been engaged in a discussion of the volume of trade in Pusan compared
to the volume of trade in Nagasaki. Tashiro's more recent work has
concentrated on other features of the trade, such as ginseng and medicine.

Others writing in Korean whose scholarship on K-J relations is well worth
reading include Ha Ubong, HyOn MyOngch'Ol, Son SUngch'Ol, Yi Hun, and the
recent PhDs and current advanced graduate students. The "Hanguksa yOngu
huibo" will be quite helpful in this regard. Nam-lin Hur has also been
busy of late in English. Recently, attention has turned toward relations
with Qing China, too. Han MyOnggi has tackled the Kwanghaegun, and others,
such as Yi Ch'OlsOng, are writing on economic relations. Kirk is much
better informed here.

The scholarship in Japanese is especially mountainous if one also wants to
follow the t'ongsinsa through Japan. On other topics, Tsuruta Kei,
Yonetani Hitoshi (especially on Amenomori Houshuu), Ikeuchi Satoshi, Izumi
Chouichi, Yun Yusuk, and many other historians are well worth your time.
The quantity of writing on post-1868 is as voluminous as it is in South
Korea. Good luck there! Perhaps of value to David will be Namiki
Masahito's writings on collaboration in colonial Korea. The bibliography
at http://www.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~mizna/sengo/
and "Magazine Plus" (aka "Zasshi kiji sakuin"), the latter of which should
be accessible through university library homepages, will help.

For the Tibet/Mongol side of the question, James Hevia's "Cherishing Men
from Afar" is a place to start.

I hope this helps.


Ken Robinson