Disturbance of the Three Ports
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Disturbance of the Three Ports | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Korea: Joseon Dynasty |
Japanese living on Tsushima Island and in Korea Sō clan[1] | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Yi U-jeung † Kim Sae-gyun Yu Dam-nyeon Hwang Hyeong |
Son of Sō Yoshimori † Obarishi Yasko | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown | 4000–5000[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
270 soldiers and civilians killed[2][3] |
295 killed[1][2] 5 ships destroyed[2] |
Disturbance of the Three Ports | |
Hangul | 삼포왜란 |
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Hanja | 三浦倭亂 |
Revised Romanization | Sampo Waeran |
McCune–Reischauer | Samp'o Waeran |
The Disturbance of the Three Ports, also known as Sampo Waeran (
.Summary
At the beginning of the Joseon dynasty, due to frequent attacks by the wokou, the Korean government adopted a hardline foreign policy and stationed troops near the port of Busan to enforce it. From 1407 to 1426, the Korean government modified this policy by gradually opening several ports to trade with Japan.
By 1426 three ports were open to Japanese trade: Busan, Naei and Yeom. In the territories here Japanese merchants were allowed to operate, designated as waegwan, the Japanese population surpassed 2000. The local Japanese government on Tsushima Island assumed responsibility for governing the Japanese residents, who came to number over 2,000. Local farmers who owned land on which cotton was grown for export to Japan wanted to collect taxes on it, but the Korean government, in an attempt to improve foreign relations with Japan, exempted the Japanese from this tax.
When King
In April 1510, two Japanese men, Obarishi and Yasko, led between 4000 and 5000 armed and armored men in an attack on Busan, Naei, Yeom, and the castle located at Naei. Concurrently, a
Results
The riots resulted in 270 Korean civilians killed, 796 homes destroyed, 295 Japanese people killed, and five Japanese ships sunk. The Joseon government sent relief to people living in the affected regions and deported all remaining Japanese people to Tsushima Island. When the dead from the riots were buried, the graves of the Japanese were marked differently, to warn future visitors to Korea of the consequences of participating in riots.
After the riots, all commercial activity between the two countries ended. This negatively affected the Japanese people living on Tsushima Island and Japanese citizens demanded a re-opening of the ports. The riot damaged relations between two countries and the 1443 Treaty of Gyehae was undone.
In 1512, the shogun of Japan responded by publicly punishing
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 9780521223553.
- ISBN 9788936821463.
- ^ "조선왕조실록의 홈페이지에 오신 것을 환영합니다". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
- ^ 삼포왜란 : 지식백과 (in Korean). Terms.naver.com. Retrieved 2013-10-28.