 | A Korean War Captive in Japan, 1597--1600: The Writings of Kang Hang Subjects: Korea -- History -- Japanese Invasions 1592–1598 -- Prisoners and prisons Japanese; Korea -- History -- Japanese Invasions 1592–1598 -- Personal narratives Korean; Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography; Prisoners of war -- Korea -- Biography; Japan -; A Korean scholar-official taken prisoner in 1597 by an invading Japanese army ruminates on human behavior and the nature of loyalty during a time of war. JaHyun Kim Haboush (1941-2011) was King Sejong Professor of Korean Studies at Columbia University. Her publications included Epistolary Korea: Letters in the Communicative Space of the Chosôn, 1392-1910 and The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong . Kenneth R. Robinson is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Asian Cultural Studies, International Christian University, in Tokyo. |
