일본 조선군기물(朝鮮軍記物)에 그려진 칠천량 해전(漆川梁海戰) －근세 초기 작품을 중심으로－

Abstract

During the Imjin War, the war between Chosun Dynasty and Japan that broke out in 1592, Japan had experienced victories after victories in land but could not avoid consecutive losses to Chosun fleet lead by the navy hero Admiral Yi Sun-Shin. During the 7 year span of the war, the only victory that the Japanese Navy had enjoyed was the naval battle of Chilcheonryang(1597). After the Imjin War had ended, there were many literatures published in Japan about the war. Only after one century after the end of the war, Japan had published ‘the History of the Imjin War’ by collecting many historical records. In order to understand Japan’s current recognition about the Imjin war, it is critical to research about how did Japanese describe the naval warfare where they had to experience consecutive losses over the land battles where they were overwhelming. The main objective of this research paper is to contemplate on how naval battles on the Imjin War is portrayed in Japanese modern Publication collections. In this study, we can find why and how the naval battle of Chilcheonryang had been changed a lot on acceptance process in Japanese historical Novels about the Imjin war. The above process and aspects were closely considered in this research paper.