A Korean War Captive in Japan, 1597–1600
ISBN: 9780231535113
Platform/Publisher: De Gruyter / Columbia University Press
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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.
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