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Satsuma Province - Shimazu
Shimazu Sukenaga Shimazu Hisatsune Tadamune Satsuma (薩摩国; -no Kuni) was an old province of Japan that is now the western half of Kagoshima prefecture on the island of Kyushu . Its abbreviation is Sasshū (薩州). During the Sengoku period, Satsuma was a fief...
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Tae Kaya Rulers
1.이진아시왕(伊珍阿시王) 382 :gibonhangi (the king of garaguk) and his sons (baekguji, asuji, guksari, yiramaju and yimunji) 479haji (the king of garaguk) 9.이뇌왕 Wolgwang T aeja fl. 522 November 544 Several men, including Hangi King of Gaya, said that when they...
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The Battle of ChilcheunRyang (1597)
칠천량해전 / 1597. 7. 16 전과 - 200여 척의 배와 많은 군사를 잃음. 역전의 용장들과 원균 사망 원균은 200여 척의 전선을 거느리고 한산도를 출항. 절양도 앞바다에는 수많은 왜선이 대마도에서 건너와 있어서 원균은 모든 전선으로 하여금 치열하게 전투를 하게 하였으나, 종일 항해로 군사들은 피로하여, 전세는 매우 불리하였음. 원균은 남은 전선을 수습하여 가덕도로 후퇴하여, 목마른 군사들을 상륙시켜서 숨어서 대기하고 있던 왜군들의 기습을...
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Chikuzen Province - Akizuki
Daimyô of Chikuzen : Shoni (1525)/ Akizuki Tanezane rebellion vs. Otomo (1545-1587) /Tachibana/Otomo (1572-1587) / Kobayakawa Chikuzen (筑前国; Chikuzen no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today part of Fukuoka Prefecture on Kyushu...
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Koguryo Restoration Mouvement
Koguryo Restoration Mouvement After the kingdom fell to Tang and Silla in 668 , Geom Mojam 검모잠 劍牟岑 (?- 672 ) kindled an opposition movement in the Taedong River valley and in 670 established Anseung (안승) as the new King of Goguryeo. Anseung is believed...
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Iki Province
Touring the island in a rented car (available at each port) will enable you to see a lot within two or three days -- Iki is, after all, only 17 km long and 15 km wide. Cyclists will have to limit themselves to one or two corners of the island, unless...
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China vs. Koguryo > Tang Campaign (645 - 655)
Origins : King Yongnyu of Koguryo opened his early relations with the new Tang Dynasty on a friendly note by ordering the repatriation of thousands of Chinese soldiers taken prisoner during campaigns against the Sui Dynasty. In addition, he accepted investiture...
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Chikugo Province - Done
Daimyo of Chikugo : Shoni (1390-1525) Ryûzôji Takanobu vs Shimazu (1560-1572)/Shimazu (1583-1587)/ Otmo (-> 1579) Chikugo (筑後国; Chikugo no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today the southern part of Fukuoka prefecture , on Kyushu...
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Tang Silla Campaign > Fall of Paekche
Chinese Emperor Gao Zong, the "High Ancestor," concluded an alliance with Silla not to assist Silla in its conflict with Paekche and Koguryo, but to bring the entire peninsula under imperial control of the Tang Dynasty. The alliance merely provided a...
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거북선의 화력
거북선의 화력은 가공할 만한 것이다. 우선 선체 자체가 충파 공격을 할 수 있다. 고대 전함들은 충파를 위한 장치를 하는 경우가 많은데 가장 유명한 것이 그리스의 아테네 함대가 페르샤를 물리친 살라미스해전때의 아테네 군선들이다. 판옥선도 이와 같지만 거북선은 더욱 더 충돌전을 대비하고 있다. 선수 부분의 귀신머리가 아마도 서양 선박의 램에 해당하는 듯 하다. 이외에 통제영 거북선의 경우 거북 등에 좌우 각각 12문씩 총 24문의 총포구멍이 배치되고,...
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Second Mouvement : 제 2차 출전
Second Mouvement : * 제 2차 출전 5월 27일 원균은 왜 함대 10여 척이 사천포와 곤영까지 쳐들어와서 그의 잔존 함대 3척을 이끌고 경상도와 전라도의 경계인 노량까지 도망쳐 왔다는 공문을 이순신에게 보냈다. 사천포는 전라좌수영에서 불과 50Km 밖에 떨어지지 않은 곳이었다. 이순신은 이억기 전라우수사에게 지원하라 요청하고, 자신은 먼저 23척의 전선만을 거느리고 출전하였다. 이 때 유진장에게 윤사공을 임명하고, 조방장 정걸에게...
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Daifang Commandery
Daifang (帶方郡 dai4 fang1 jun4) was one of the Chinese commanderies in the Korean peninsula . History Gongsun Kang , a warlord in Liaodong , separated the southern half from the Lelang commandery and established the Daifang commandery in 204 to make administration...
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4차 해전
제 4 차 출동 (8월 24일부터 9월 2일까지) 한산도해전후 풍신수길의 특명으로 왜적들이 부산 서쪽으로는 얼씬도 하지 않았으므로 이순신수사는 마지막 목표 부산공략에 나서니 이 출동이 8월 24일부터 9월 2일까지 진행된 제4차 출동이었다. 이 기간동안 조선수군은 장림포해전에서 6척, 다대포해전에서 24척 , 그 리고 부산포해전에서 약 100여척을 격침시키고있는데, 이때의 조선수군의 함대세력은 173척 에 이르고 있다. 지금까지의 우리측 전투함은...
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The second movement(May 29th ∼ June 10th)
The second movement (May 29th ∼ June 10th) Lee made the second movement about for ten days. In that movement, he sank 67 Japanese ships (13 in Sacheun, 21 in Dangpo, 26 in Danghangpo, 7 in Yulpo). The second movement was scheduled as a combined operation...
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Jin and the Three Han States
JIN - An ancient Korean state or league of tribal states, located in southern Korea.Jin was active in the last half of the first millenium BCE. Little of substance is known of it, and the degree of authority able to be exerted by Jin monarchs over local...
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China vs. Silla > Silla retaliation (668 - 676)
Silla retaliation against the Protectorate's domination (668 - 676) Silla retaliated against the Protectorate's domination by aiding Geom Mojam 's rebellion in the north, and attacking Protectorate forces in Baekje territory. In 671 Silla seized Sabi...
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Kaya
Gaya (가야; 加耶, 伽耶, 伽倻), also known as Garak (가락; 駕洛, 迦落), Gara (가라; 加羅, 伽羅, 迦羅, 柯羅), Garyang(가량,加良), or Guya (구야, 狗耶) was a confederacy of chiefdoms that existed in the Three Kingdoms era in ancient Korea . Gaya is thought to have arisen from a more ancient...
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The Battle of Okpo (1592)
The Battle of Okpo (1592) 1978 Painting by Moon Hak Jung. [3] 옥포해전 / 1592. 5. 7 전과 - 왜선 42척을 가앉히고 4천명의 왜군을 섬멸 판옥선 1척 손실 이순신 장군의 기함을 선두로 하여 횡렬로 늘어서 한꺼번에 안 쪽을 향해 돌진. 그리고 왜군의 중심부로 돌격하여 지자포, 현자포를 마구 쏨. 순식간에 왜선 수 척이 불타고 침몰하기 시작함. 결국 왜적들은 배를 버리고 도망가거나 붙잡혀 격멸....
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Paekche Restoration Mouvement
Despite the surrender of its throne, Paekche died neither quietly nor willingly. A small defiant group led by King Uija's nephew, Poksin, and a Buddhist monk named Toch'im devised plans to restore the Paekche throne. They recruited an armed force from...
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Wiman Choson Rulers
Wiman Joseon/위만조선/衛滿朝鮮 ( 194 BC - 108 BC ) was the continuation of Go-Joseon , founded by Wiman .Wiman was originally a refugee from the Chinese state of Yan . He succeeded in driving out King Jun of Go-Joseon and taking over the throne. He made the capital...
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The Xia Dynasty 夏 Rulers
The Xia Dynasty 夏 Rulers Posthumous Names ( Shi Hao 諡號) surname Personal name Reign Residence Notes Yǔ 禹Yu the Great(大禹; dà yǔ) Xiahou 夏后氏 Wenming 文命 2211 2166 Yangcheng 陽城or Ji 冀(Dengfeng 登封/Henan) Gun's 鯀 son Qǐ 啟 2166 2156 Anyi 安邑or Xiayi 夏邑(Xiaxian...
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Nagashino Battle
Battle of Nagashino The Battle of Nagashino in 1575 took place in Nagashino in Mikawa of Japan . Takeda Katsuyori besieged Okudaira Nobumasa at Nagashino Castle in 1575 . Nobumasa was holding the castle for Tokugawa Ieyasu and this castle was situated...
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Kato Kiyomasa's campaign in North-Eastern Korea
Kato Kiyomasa's campaign in Hamgyung Province, including his fight with the Jurchen/Orangai in Manchuria 회차 연월일 전장 공격군 방어군 결과 주장 구분 주장 구분 단천 가토 39 7.18(Aug. 25) 해정창/Kuradokoro (now Sunjin/Kimchaek) 가토 일본 2군 한극함 (north. Hamgyung force) - Yi Yung (cmd....
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Tang Silla Campaign > Fall of Koguryo
in 661 AD, General Su Dingfang withdrew the main body of his land army from the mouth of the Kum River and sailed his fleet north to the Taedong River to launch a frontal attack against Koguryo's capital in Pyongyang. Koguryo armies under Yon Kaesomun...
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The First Movement (May 4th ∼ May 9th)
The First Movement (May 4th ∼ May 9th) According to the discussion with the top officers in Jinhaeroo, Cholla Left Fleets made the first movement from May 4th to May 9th. During this movement, the fleets sank or broke total 42 Japanese war ships. (26...