Changes

From SamuraiWiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
517 bytes added ,  20:42, 19 August 2020
no edit summary
Line 4: Line 4:  
The Korean Empire was a short-lived effort by the [[Joseon Dynasty]] to raise Korea (up until then a "kingdom") to an equal position with the [[Meiji government|Japanese]] and Chinese ([[Qing Dynasty|Qing]]; Manchu) Empires.
 
The Korean Empire was a short-lived effort by the [[Joseon Dynasty]] to raise Korea (up until then a "kingdom") to an equal position with the [[Meiji government|Japanese]] and Chinese ([[Qing Dynasty|Qing]]; Manchu) Empires.
   −
The Empire was founded by [[King Gojong]] of Joseon, who had ruled since [[1863]], and simply changed his title and various cosmetic and ritual aspects of the style of rule, becoming Emperor Gojong (''Gojong hwangje'') in [[1897]]. He ruled until [[1907]], when he was succeeded by [[Emperor Sunjong]], who then ruled only a few years, until [[1910]] when the Empire was abolished, and Korea, already a protectorate since [[1905]], was fully annexed by Japan. The Emperors wore yellow, a color strongly traditionally associated with emperors in China, instead of the royal red their kingly ancestors had worn, and they adopted the [[plum blossom]] as the chief emblem of their imperial house, and empire. When not wearing traditional ceremonial garb, members of the imperial family typically wore Western clothing, performing and demonstrating their modernity.
+
The Empire was founded by [[King Gojong]] of Joseon, who had ruled since [[1863]], and simply changed his title and various cosmetic and ritual aspects of the style of rule, becoming Emperor Gojong (''Gojong hwangje'') in [[1897]]. Numerous court rituals were changed in accordance with Chinese or Korean norms for the appropriate rituals for an "empire" rather than a "kingdom." New government offices were established, including a Wonsubu (元帥府) to oversee the new Korean imperial military, and a Gungnaebu (宮内府, Office of the Imperial Household) which led all modernization projects in the Empire.<ref>Gallery labels, National Museum of Korea.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/24791708777/in/photostream/]</ref>
 +
 
 +
He ruled until [[1907]], when he was succeeded by [[Emperor Sunjong]], who then ruled only a few years, until [[1910]] when the Empire was abolished, and Korea, already a protectorate since [[1905]], was fully annexed by Japan. The Emperors wore yellow, a color strongly traditionally associated with emperors in China, instead of the royal red their kingly ancestors had worn, and they adopted the [[plum blossom]] as the chief emblem of their imperial house, and empire. When not wearing traditional ceremonial garb, members of the imperial family typically wore Western clothing, performing and demonstrating their modernity.
    
{{stub}}
 
{{stub}}
Line 10: Line 12:  
==References==
 
==References==
 
*Gallery labels, "In Grand Style" exhibition, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/10891224073/]
 
*Gallery labels, "In Grand Style" exhibition, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/10891224073/]
 +
<references/>
    
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
 
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
contributor
27,125

edits

Navigation menu