Japanese invasions of Korea
Event · 23 May 1592–16 December 1598 · Korean Peninsula, South Korea
Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s two invasions of Korea, 1592 and 1597, which failed and devastated the country1; historians divide the Joseon period into an early and a late half at them2. Thousands of Korean prisoners, among them potters, were taken to Japan, where they founded the porcelain industry of Arita3. Mason 2005, p. 292. ↩ Jane Portal 2000, p. 109. ↩ Mason 2005, pp. 292–293. ↩ Literatur Jane Portal 2000: Jane Portal, Korea: Art and Archaeology, London: British Museum Press 2000. Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005.