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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. 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.

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 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.

Meanwhile, [[Yi Sun-shin]] led the Korean navy, including the famous "[[turtle ships]]", to victory in three particularly decisive naval battles, including especially the [[Battle of Hansando]], regaining control of the sea lanes from the Japanese.

Meanwhile, [[Yi Sun-shin]] led the Korean navy, including the famous "[[turtle ships]]", to victory in three particularly decisive naval battles, including especially the [[Battle of Hansando]], regaining control of the sea lanes from the Japanese.