Book contents
- The Cambridge History of War
- The Cambridge History of War
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction to volume III
- 1 The legacy of the nomadic empires
- 2 Ming conflicts with its neighbors, 1368–1644
- 3 Ottoman wars and military transformation, 1453–1826
- 4 Spain’s wars and the rise of the Hispanic world empires, 1516–1828
- 5 Wars of the European continent, 1500–1650
- 6 The evolution of naval warfare,1450–1650
- 7 Military finance, organisation, and state development, 1450–1650
- 8 Fortification and siege warfare
- 9 European expansion in the Indian Ocean and Pacific, 1450–1850
- 10 Conflict in Northeastern Europe and the emergence of Russia to 1721
- 11 The military in Safavid Iran, 1501–1736
- 12 Wars of dynasties, wars of empires: The nature of European conflicts, 1648–1792
- 13 The standing army: France and Brandenburg-Prussia – a comparison
- 14 Navies, technology, and organisation, 1648–1815
- 15 Warfare in early modern Africa, c. 1450–c. 1850
- 16 Warfare in India, 1450–1850
- 17 Japan and Korea, 1450–1850
- 18 Warfare in South-East Asia, 1448–1851
- 19 War in the era of Qing imperial consolidation and expansion, 1587–1804
- 20 The seventh continent: Russian territorial expansion, 1450–1850
- 21 The maintenance of Hispanic dominance in Latin America
- 22 The United States from Independence to the war with Mexico, 1776–1848
- 23 The wars of the French Republic and the Napoleonic Wars, 1789–1815
- 24 European sea power and the origins of European domination, 1800–1850
- Select bibliography
- Index
17 - Japan and Korea, 1450–1850
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 July 2025
Book contents
- The Cambridge History of War
- The Cambridge History of War
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction to volume III
- 1 The legacy of the nomadic empires
- 2 Ming conflicts with its neighbors, 1368–1644
- 3 Ottoman wars and military transformation, 1453–1826
- 4 Spain’s wars and the rise of the Hispanic world empires, 1516–1828
- 5 Wars of the European continent, 1500–1650
- 6 The evolution of naval warfare,1450–1650
- 7 Military finance, organisation, and state development, 1450–1650
- 8 Fortification and siege warfare
- 9 European expansion in the Indian Ocean and Pacific, 1450–1850
- 10 Conflict in Northeastern Europe and the emergence of Russia to 1721
- 11 The military in Safavid Iran, 1501–1736
- 12 Wars of dynasties, wars of empires: The nature of European conflicts, 1648–1792
- 13 The standing army: France and Brandenburg-Prussia – a comparison
- 14 Navies, technology, and organisation, 1648–1815
- 15 Warfare in early modern Africa, c. 1450–c. 1850
- 16 Warfare in India, 1450–1850
- 17 Japan and Korea, 1450–1850
- 18 Warfare in South-East Asia, 1448–1851
- 19 War in the era of Qing imperial consolidation and expansion, 1587–1804
- 20 The seventh continent: Russian territorial expansion, 1450–1850
- 21 The maintenance of Hispanic dominance in Latin America
- 22 The United States from Independence to the war with Mexico, 1776–1848
- 23 The wars of the French Republic and the Napoleonic Wars, 1789–1815
- 24 European sea power and the origins of European domination, 1800–1850
- Select bibliography
- Index
Summary
The Japanese archipelago and the Korean peninsula are neighbouring regions, with histories of similarities and contrasts. Currently inhabited by a population of about 123 million in an area slightly bigger than Germany, Japan has been relatively isolated throughout much of the last two millennia. In the late nineteenth century, Japan reinvented itself from a land on the margins of the Sinitic cultural zone to a world power. In contrast, Korea – a landmass a little larger than Great Britain and inhabited by about 78 million people – was an active participant in the China-centred world order during much of its 2,300 year-history before losing sovereignty to Imperial Japan in 1910. (See Map 13.)
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