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Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea (view source)
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Repatriation of captives became one of the key Korean demands in negotiations to reopen trade and diplomatic relations in the following decades. Such negotiations were at the center of three Korean embassies to Japan between [[1607]] and [[1624]], as well as two in [[1636]] and [[1643]]. In the end, only around 7500 Koreans were repatriated.<ref name=naito>Arano Yasunori. "The Formation of a Japanocentric World Order." ''International Journal of Asian Studies'' 2:2 (2005). p197. citing Naitô Shunpô. "''Jinshin-teiyû eki ni okeru hiryo Chôsenjin no sakkan mondai ni tsuite''" 壬申丁酉役における被慮朝鮮人の刷還問題について [The Repatriation of Korean Captives of Hideyoshi's Invasions]. Parts 1-3. ''Chôsen gakuhô'' 29 (1963), 33 (1964), 34 (1965).</ref>
Repatriation of captives became one of the key Korean demands in negotiations to reopen trade and diplomatic relations in the following decades. Such negotiations were at the center of three Korean embassies to Japan between [[1607]] and [[1624]], as well as two in [[1636]] and [[1643]]. In the end, only around 7500 Koreans were repatriated.<ref name=naito>Arano Yasunori. "The Formation of a Japanocentric World Order." ''International Journal of Asian Studies'' 2:2 (2005). p197. citing Naitô Shunpô. "''Jinshin-teiyû eki ni okeru hiryo Chôsenjin no sakkan mondai ni tsuite''" 壬申丁酉役における被慮朝鮮人の刷還問題について [The Repatriation of Korean Captives of Hideyoshi's Invasions]. Parts 1-3. ''Chôsen gakuhô'' 29 (1963), 33 (1964), 34 (1965).</ref>
The invasions were later highly romanticized in ''[[gunkimono]]'' (war tales), illustrated books, woodblock prints, and the records and family histories of many samurai clans. Many individual warriors and commanders became famous for their victories and accomplishments, and remain so today within certain circles. However, not all in Japan saw Hideyoshi's invasions in this way. [[Amenomori Hoshu|Amenomori Hôshû]], a Confucian scholar in service to [[Tsushima han]] in the early 18th century, and experienced in direct communication and engagement with the Korean court, for example, wrote of the invasions as dishonorable and as a complete failure, bringing no victory and nothing worth celebrating; he also wrote of the devastation and suffering visited upon Korea, from which it took decades for the kingdom to recover.<ref>Lee Jeong Mi, "Cultural Expressions of Tokugawa Japan and Choson Korea: An Analysis of the Korean Embassies in the Eighteenth Century," PhD dissertation, University of Toronto (2008), 88.</ref>
==Historical materials==
==Historical materials==