Pages 233-252 – Dong Hyun-Huh – ‘Korean Perceptions of Japan during the Modern Reform Period (1876-1910)’

The Kanghwa Treaty of 1876, and the cultural exchanges between Japan and Korea that followed—exchanges that had been brought to a halt in the aftermath of the Meiji Restoration of 1868—paved the way for Japan’s invasion of its neighbour. While some sections of Chosŏn officialdom strove to reform and modernise the system, their efforts to transform the country into a modern nation-state eventually ...