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==First Invasion (Bunroku no eki)==

==First Invasion (Bunroku no eki)==

According to some sources, the army Hideyoshi sent to invade Korea in 1592 numbered around 160,000. During both invasions, forces massed in and around [[Hakata]] and other areas of [[Chikuzen province]], from which they then departed for Korea, impressing local fishermen and the like into service, and commandeering their boats, to help convey the samurai forces across the water.<ref>Arne Kalland, ''Fishing Villages in Tokugawa Japan'', University of Hawaii Press (1995), 16.</ref>

According to some sources, the army Hideyoshi sent to invade Korea in 1592 numbered around 160,000. During both invasions, forces massed in and around [[Hakata]] and other areas of [[Chikuzen province]], from which they then departed for Korea, impressing local fishermen and the like into service, and commandeering their boats, to help convey the samurai forces across the water.<ref>Arne Kalland, ''Fishing Villages in Tokugawa Japan'', University of Hawaii Press (1995), 16.</ref> The [[Shimazu clan]] was the last to finish mustering its forces for the invasion, and is still remembered today for their lateness, as the "latest army in Japan."<ref name=shimazu>"[http://www.shuseikan.jp/word/sengoku09.html Chôsen shuppei]," ''Satsuma Shimazu-ke no rekishi'', [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] official website.</ref>

The samurai enjoyed early successes, gaining considerable territory and visiting considerable destruction upon the landscape.<ref>[[Albert M. Craig]], ''The Heritage of Japanese Civilization'', Second Edition, Prentice Hall (2011), 64.</ref> However, in the end, the [[Ming Dynasty|Ming Court]] sent forces led by [[Li Rusong]]<!--李如松--> to aid the Koreans, and the Japanese invasion was ultimately pushed out of the peninsula entirely.

The samurai enjoyed early successes, gaining considerable territory and visiting considerable destruction upon the landscape.<ref>[[Albert M. Craig]], ''The Heritage of Japanese Civilization'', Second Edition, Prentice Hall (2011), 64.</ref> However, in the end, the [[Ming Dynasty|Ming Court]] sent forces led by [[Li Rusong]]<!--李如松--> to aid the Koreans, and the Japanese invasion was ultimately pushed out of the peninsula entirely.

==Second Invasion (Keichô no eki)==

==Second Invasion (Keichô no eki)==

The second invasion attempt, launched in 1597, was terminated and abandoned following the death of Hideyoshi, who had remained in Japan throughout both invasions.

The second invasion attempt, launched in 1597, was terminated and abandoned following the death of Hideyoshi, who had remained in Japan throughout both invasions.

==Aftermath==

==Aftermath==