임진왜란 초기 양상에 대한 기존 인식의 재검토 - 화가산현립박물관 소장 「임진왜란도병풍」에 대한 새로운 이해를 바탕으로

Abstract

Until now, the early battle aspect of the Imjin War was established that Japan Army surprise attack, Joseon Army successive defeats and counterattacks of patriotic soldiers centering on peasants, which was rising from all around the country. But this is not surely accord with the historical facts. In the early stage of the battle, the response of the government army of all over the Kyeongsang province was so systematic and swift. Also, the most part of the Patriotic Soldiers(義兵), established peasants as the main force, were actually consist of straggling government soldiers and the role of them was a little limited The difference between the real fact and our cognition of the Imjin war reflects the phase of the times in the later of the Joseon period that needed to bring out the role of the patriotic soldiers. The folding screen named of The Folding Screen of the Imjin War(壬辰倭亂圖屛風) which was founded at Wakayamagenritsu Museum of Japan was quite similar to the drawing of the Dongrae Castle battle, but the existing research concluded it to the first Jinju Castle battle on the basis of the reinforce soldiers in that drawings. This is the result of cognition of the Imjin war that evaluates the role of the patriotic soldiers highly comparing whit the languid government army in the early of the battle. The drawings of the fold screen was reproduced the Dongrae Castle battle as a model and the reinforce soldiers in the drawings are meaningful in that the desire of the people in the later of the Joseon period was reflected to recognize the Imjin War as a triumph.