Japanese Expansion on the Asiatic Continent - Volume I: 1 Book

JAPANESE EXPANSION ON THE ASIATIC CONTINENT A Study in the History of Japan with Special Reference to Her International Relations with China, Korea, and Russia YOSHI S. KUNO SOMETIME CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL LANGUAGES IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA In Three Volumes VOLUME I University of California Press Berkeley, California J 937 OBLIGATIONS OF THE NORTHEASTERN ASIA SEMINAR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EDITED BY ROBERT J. KERNER PROFESSOR OF MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON, ENGLAND COPYRIGHT, 1937, BY THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OP CALIFORNIA MINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OJ AMERICA BY SAMUEL T. FARQUHAR, UNIVERSITY PRINTER HIDEYOSHI 1536-1598 Who planned the expansion of Japan to the continent of Asia TO ROBERT JOSEPH KERNER WITHOUT WHOSE ENCOURAGEMENT AND ADVICE IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE TO WRITE THIS WORK CONTENTS PAGE Editors Preface xiii Authors Preface xv MONOGRAPHIC TEXT CHAPTER I. Early National Expansion of Japan, Ending in the Seventh Century, A. D i II. National Unification and International Relations of China, Japan, and Korea Seventh to Fourteenth Centuries 23 III. The Dark Age in Japan Piracy Chinese Diplomatic Supremacy 61 IV. The National Unification of Japan and Asiatic Conquest 1 29 Notes to Chapter I 179 Notes to Chapter II 180 Notes to Chapter III 183 Notes to Chapter IV 187 DOCUMENTS APPENDIXES 1-41 Chapter I APPENDIX 1. Mimana in Korea, and the Date of Its Founding . . . 193 2. The Conquest of Korea by the Empress Jingo . . . . 195 3. A Corrected Chronological Table of the Ancient Histori cal Period of Japan 198 4. Korean Records of Dates and Events of Japanese Inva sions of Shinra, Mostly Unmentioned in Japanese History 2 14 5. The Kotai-O Hi in the Kingdom of Korai 221 6. Japans Request to China for Recognition of Her Ruling Power in Southern Korea 224 7. Source Materials on Japans Difficulties with Kingdoms in Korea 227 ix x CONTENTS PAGE 8. Japan Prior to the Adoption of the Chinese Calendar . . 228 9. The First Direct International Intercourse Between China and Japan 229 10. Source Materials on the Battle at Hakko Hakuson-ko in 663 A. D 231 1 1. Source Materials on the National Strength of Kudara and Korai When Destroyed 231 12. Historical Memorials of Kudara and Korai in Japan To day 232 13. Occidental Misconceptions of the International Status of Japan and Korea 234 14. Japanese Conceptions of the National Status of Korea in the Late Seventh Century 235 Chapter II APPENDIX 15. The Shogun and His Official Functions 245 16. State Papers Kublai Khan to the Ruler of Japan and to the King of Korea the King of Korea to the Ruler of Japan 245 17. The Second State Paper Sent by Kublai Khan to the Ruler of Japan 248 18. Source Material on Kublai Khans Armadas 251 Chapter III APPENDIX 19. The Three Sacred Imperial Insignia and the Throne of J a P an 253 20. The Imperial Edict of 1368 Issued by the Emperor Tai-Tsu, Founder of the Ming Dynasty, to the Rulers of An nam, Cochin China, Korea, and Japan 255 21. State Paper from Prince Kanenaga, of the Southern Im perial Dynasty of Japan, to the Ming Emperor, 1382 . . 256 22. Relations Between Japan and Korea, and the National Standing of Each with Respect to China 258 CONTENTS xi PAGE 23. International Relations Between Japan and China in the Ashikaga Period 266 24. The Financial Benefit Which Yoshimitsu Obtained from the Ming Throne 273 25. The Last Imperial Edict of the Ming Emperor, Cheng-Tsu, Addressed to the Departed Soul of Yoshimitsu . . . 275 26. The Termination of Japans Relations with China by the Fourth Shogun, Yoshimochi . 277 27. The Reestablishment of Suzerain and Tributary Relation ships Between China and Japan 282 28. Yoshimasas Request to the Ming Throne for Additional Copper Coins 286 29...Read More