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Jong Kyu Jung (Kor: 정종규 Ch: 鄭鍾圭) toc

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= **The Meiji Restoration** =

**The Sino-Japanese War**
How are the Chinese soldiers portrayed in these prints? The Japanese soldiers? In the prints, Chinese are portrayed evil, servile, and weak. Most of the Chinese that are portrayed are laid on the ground or bending their knees. Also the Chinese have ugly faces. They are portrayed negatively. In the other hand, the Japanese are portrayed positively. They are handsome. Also they are standing in a brave position which makes them look like a hero. Even though there are bullets, it never hits the Japanese in these prints. The kindness are also portrayed by Japanese protecting a kid or helping other people.

Look at the weapons used by each side, are they different? How? Does this tell us anything about Japanese technological advancement?

Japanese are using swords, but they also use guns. In some prints, there are also using bombs. The chinese also use guns, but they mostly use spears or undeveloped weapons. The guns and cannons show that that the Japanese had technological advancement against the Chinese.

Why do sports often become symbolic battlegrounds between nations?

Sports, especially the competitive sports, verse each teams. Most sports verse each other by team to team. When one nation verse another nation, it becomes a competition between the two nation. Because these sport events have winning and losing, the nationalist mind of people make it symbolize a battleground. .//Why does this matter to a people? What do they find so gratifying in the experience of witnessing their team beat another on the arena of sport?//

Is imperialism/colonialism simply about militarily and politically controlling another nation, or is it also about proving one’s self-perceived cultural superiority over another? Japan’s view of imperialism/colonialism was proving its strength over other countries. Japan made unequal treaties similar to the ones that Japan had with other Western countries. Japan justified colonizing Korea as giving Korea independence from China. However, instead of giving independence, Japan ruled over Korea. This shows that Japan’s imperialism/colonialism was about militarily and politically controlling another nation.

Russo-Japanese War
Do artistic renditions or photographs depict the heroics of war better?

The block prints shows the heroics of war better. However, still I can see the propaganda purposes in these pictures. For example, in a print where the japanese red-cross soldiers are curing the russian soldiers, there is a small block where it shows the russian soldiers killing the Japanese soldiers. This comparison makes the Japanese to be shown more heroic.

Do artistic renditions or photographs depict the horrors of war better? (Consider all photographs of war that you have seen, both historical and contemporary)

Yes, the photographs and the block prints depict the horrors of war better. Through the photographs and videos, I can see corpse laying on the battle field. Also people are taking photos to celebrate their victories above the corpses they just killed. These scenes seems mad and scary and it reflects the reality of the war well. Unlike the block prints, it shows the real situation despite the fact that it was taken for propaganda purposes.

How does the medium affect the message? Can we say that, [|"[The medium is the message"]] ?

Yes, we can say that the medium is the message. Through the block prints, photos and videos, people who are not involved in the war can see what is happening. Also these people can get an idea of what the war is like. Through these methods, the military can earn supports and convince the civilians that the war is for good purposes and the soldiers are fighting for justice.

Why is 1905 such a turning point in Japanese and World history? How might history have been different had Japan lost the Russo-Japanese War?

1905 is a turning point in Japanese and World history because Japan finally got what they wanted. They finally were treated as equal as any other Western countries. This victory against the Russians proved their strength; the strength that can compete with any other western countries. If Japan had not on this war, Japan would have signed more unequal treaties and lose all the strength they had built up to compete with the western countries.

Queen Min Notes Isabella bird = Writer, hard time to travel over sea. Description of Queen Min - Charismatic Leader, cold and keen, etc(specific details) The writing has lots of description about the queen. This shows that the Queen, even in a man based society, but still she have control over others and have influence. Isabella repeatedly discussed about the queens beauty and influential appearance. This shows that the queen might have used the beauty in different extent.

Queen Min Married Gojong in age of 14. Taewon'gun wanted a queen as a puppet. However, the queen gained power through people who were apposing Taewon'gun's policy

She tried maintaing Korea’s independence by making progressive reforms, build infrastructure and develop the modern technology necessary to hold its own in and increasingly hostile world. But because of this, she was considered as a power hungry mystic by others. she became the prime targets of Military Mutiny, and had to escape barely alive. Also her ideas apposed the ones of Taewon’gun who adopted the isolationist policies.

Kabo Reform

media type="custom" key="9425388" This timeline shows 3 major events that I thought was significant for the fall of Chosun Dynasty and events that lead to the Japanese colonization.
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3 Significant Events 1. The Tonghak Rebellion- It was a huge rebellion which involved Japan to stop. Cause - People who believed in the religion Donghak wanted the “equality in human rights”. The peasants who had negative feelings towards the government and people with wealth gathered for democracy and human rights. Effect - Korea asked the Qing for a troop to stop the rebellion, however Japan thought this was a threat. Japan sent their own troops too to stop the Rebellion. These Japan troop was used to Force Korea to declare independence from China and other countries. Significance - This event led Korea to open the door to foreign troops. It is important that one country allowed armies from other countries in their country. The Japanese troops threatened the king which made the Korea to declare independence. The threat of Japanese shows that Korea was already overpowered by the Japanese and was in control of Japan's order. The tension between the two country, Japan and China, grew from this even which eventually led to the Sino- Japanese War.

2. The Sino - Japanese War - Japanese and Chinese fought over Korea. Cause - Japanese had a war with China to gain control over Korea. Effect - Japan won the war, which made China lose power over Korea. Japan began to gain more power over Korea. China never expected a lost against the Japanese. Due to the victory of this war, Japan gained more influence and power which were used to gain control over Korea. Significance - The Japan won the war. This was a great change of the status of Japan. Not only Japan, but Korea was affected from this war. First of all, two countries fought over Korea and Korea had no power to stop or interfere in this war. Secondly Japan won the war which made Japan have control over Korea and the Chinese lost the power to control Korea. Japan started interfering Korea by making unequal treaties.

3. The Russo Japanese War - Russia and Japan also had a war, which also involved Korea in some way. Cause - Japan proposed a territorial compromise to Russia; Russia gaining Manchuria and Japan gaining Korea. However, Russia refused this offer which led to a war. Effect - Japan won the war which was unexpected by any nation world wide. Japan proved the power of it’s nation, but in addition, no country bothered to protect Korea anymore. Through this war, Japan gained total control over the land of Korea. Significance - Japanese even won a war against a Western country. This helped Japan gain firm control over Korea. No country bothered about Korea anymore. Eventually this leads to Japan to declare Korea as their colony in 1910.