...Fujiya Kawashima Chosŏn Sahoesa Yŏn'gu: Chosŏn Sahoe Ŭi Kujo Wa Sŏnggkyŏk Mil Ku P'yŏngch'ŏn e Kwanhan Yŏn'gu . [A study of the Chosŏn social history: The social structure and its characteristics and change] . By Chun-ho Song . Seoul : Ilchogak , 1987 . xii, 518 pp. W9,000. Copyright...

...Sunkyung Kim Flowering Plums and Curio Cabinets: The Culture of Objects in Late Chosŏn Korean Art . By Sunglim Kim . Seattle : University of Washington Press , 2018 . xi, 292 pp. ISBN: 9780295743417 (paper). A New Middle Kingdom: Painting and Cultural Politics in Late Chosŏn Korea...

...Donald N. Clark Sŏyangini pon Chosŏn—Chosŏn Kwang'gye Sŏyang Sŏji, 1655–1949 . (Korea Through Western Eyes—The Written Record of Western Contact with Korea, 1655–1949) . By Pak Taehŏn . 2 vols. Seoul : Hosanbang Rare Books , 1996 . 1000 pp., illustrated. $2,000 (cloth). Alternate title...

...Yi Sŏng-Mi Chosŏn sidae kungjung kirokhwa yŏn'gu . (Documentary paintings of court ceremonies of the Chosŏn dynasty) . By Park Jounghye . Seoul : Ilchisa , 2000 . 615 pp. ₩32.000. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2002 2002 1080 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES...

...Ching Young Choe Chosŏn wangjo sillok ch'ong saegin . (The general index of the annals of the Yi Dynasty). Compiled by Kuksa p'yŏnch'an wiwŏnhoe (The Committee for the Compilation of National History). Distributed by Han'guk sahakhoe. Seoul : 1963 . Explanatory notes , 1015 , Index. 1900...

.... This bibliography points up the fact that knowledge of Japanese will be a sine qua non for the future Koreanist. The work, which seems carefully done in every respect, should make a contribution as an introduction to the considerable Japanese literature on Korea. Yale University DAVID L. OLMSTED Choson munwha yongu...

...Fujiya Kawashima Confucian Statecraft and Korean Institutions: Yu Hyŏngwŏn and the Late Chosŏn Dynasty . By James B. Palais . Seattle : University of Washington Press , 1996 . viii, 1279 pp. $65.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1998 1998 BOOK REVIEWS KOREA...

...William Shaw Chosŏn Wangjo Hyŏngsajedo ŭi Yŏnʻgu . [A Study on the Criminal Law and Procedure of the Chosun (Yi) Dynasty]. By Sŏ Ii-gyo . Seoul , 1968 . 453 pages. English Contents and Summary , 21 pages. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1972 1972 BOOK...

...Doo Soo Suh Chosǒn siga ŭi yongu . (Study of Korean poetry and songs). By Cho Yun-chae . Seoul : Ulyu Munhwa-sa , 1948 . Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1951 1951 196 THE FAR EASTERN QUARTERLY School A real revival of the tradition was effected, in much altered...

...JaHyun Kim Haboush Pine River and Lone Peak: An Anthology of Three Chosôn Dynasty Poets . Translated, with an introduction, by Peter H. Lee . Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press , 1991 . vii, 197 pp. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1991 1991 BOOK REVIEWS...

...Jeongsoo Shin The Power of the Brush: Epistolary Practices in Chosŏn Korea . By Cho Hwisang . Seattle : University of Washington Press , 2020 . xiii, 276 pp. ISBN: 9780295747804 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2022 2022 Cho Hwisang begins The Power...

...Nam-lin Hur William Franklin Sands in Late Chosŏn Korea: At the Deathbed of Empire, 1896–1904 . By Wayne Patterson . Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books , 2021 . ix, 161 pp. ISBN: 9781793649270 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2022 2022 Wayne Patterson...

...Joshua van Lieu Boundless Winds of Empire: Rhetoric and Ritual in Early Chosŏn Diplomacy with Ming China . By Sixiang Wang . New York : Columbia University Press , 2023 . xxvi, 424 pp. ISBN: 9780231205474 . © 2024 Association for Asian Studies 2024 776 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN...

...Anders Karlsson The Emotions of Justice: Gender, Status, and Legal Performance in Chosŏn Korea . By Jisoo M. Kim . Seattle : University of Washington Press , 2015 . xv, 224 pp. ISBN: 9780295995038 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2016...

...Hwisang Cho Abstract This article explores how new modes of writing and reading that developed in epistolary culture brought about intellectual, social, and political changes in Chosŏn society. From the sixteenth century onwards, the diverse uses of letters transformed the lifestyle and the mode...

...Vipan Chandra As a window into the life and career of a senior official in the twilight years of the Chosŏn dynasty, Finch's able translation and introduction are very helpful. On the broader value of Min's contributions to his nation while he was alive, one finds slim pickings in this work...

...Jong Woo Park A Genealogy of Dissent: The Progeny of Fallen Royals in Chosŏn Korea . By Eugene Y. Park . Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press , 2018 . xiv, 270 pp. ISBN: 9781503602083 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2020 2020 Throughout...

...Suyoung Son Abstract This paper examines the transnational literary interactions in the early modern Sinographic sphere by examining the late Chosŏn writer Yi Tŏngmu's reading of an early Qing text, Liuxi Waizhuan, and its resonance in his compilation of Noeroe Nangnak Sŏ . Reconsidering...