[KS] Tiger Hunters Guild - 작호군 - Choseon dynasty

[Sunjoo Kim]

Dear Mr. John Vaillant,

 

What you are looking for is Ch'akhogun 착호군(捉虎軍), not Chakhogun (maybe another confusion cuased by one of our most controversial issues on the table, romanization). If you google it in Korean, you will get many hits. Here is one short article on this special military unit (rather than a guild) established within the UihUngwi 의흥위 義興衛 (Righteousness Flourishing Guard) during the early ChosOn dynasty. 

 

Sun Jooo Kim

 





 최형국, 호랑이 잡는 특수부대 착호군(捉虎軍)

   

인물과사상사, 인물과사상 2008년 1월호(통권 117호), 2008. 1, pp. 205 ~ 217 (13pages) 


 


 
> Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 16:58:25 -0700
> From: sangok at u.washington.edu
> To: koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
> Subject: Re: [KS] Tiger Hunters Guild - 작호군 - Choseon dynasty
> 
> John,
> 
> You might also be interested in a recent Canadian documentary release by Min Sook Lee call "Tiger Spirit". It's about contemporary North/South relations, but it features a section on a south Korean man who has dedicated his life to finding tigers in the DMZ.
> 
> Clark W. Sorensen, Chair
> Korea Studies Program
> University of Washington
> 
> On Fri, 1 May 2009, John Vaillant wrote:
> 
> > Greetings;
> >
> > I am a journalist and author based in Canada.
> > Currently, I am researching a book concerning human-tiger relations in 
> > Northeast Asia.
> >
> > Specifically, I am seeking information on the Tiger Hunters Guild (Chakhogun?), 
> > its history, composition, duties, status, weapons, training, etc.
> > Did they consider tigers sacred, too?
> >
> > I am also seeking information on Hong Pomdo who I understand was a tiger hunter 
> > before he became an independence fighter.
> >
> > Thank you for your assistance!
> >
> > Please reply to: jvaillant at aol.com
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > John Vaillant
> > Vancouver
> 
> 
> 

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