일본의 대한제국외교공관 폐쇄

Japan's Closure of Embassies and Legations of Daehan Empire

A Case of Korean Embassies and Legations is a text which contains crucial information on Modern Diplomatic History of Korea to define the closure of Embassies and Legations of Daehan Empire. This two-volume data containing 728 page texts starts with a lengthy petition suggesting the closure of Embassies and Legations in Daehan Empire, and consists of the instructions of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the reports and the petitions of Japanese local legations on the closure of the Korean legation to 9 nations, namely Qing, USA, UK, France, Germany, Japan, etc., and those related to the closure of consulates in Jibu in Qing, New York and San Fransisco in USA, London in UK, Paris in France, Hambourg in Germany, Brussels in Belgium, etc.. This data can be unilateral and fragmentary since it only includes the documents exchanged between Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and relevant legations abroad. However, it is firstly revealed that the closure of the embassies and legations of Daehan Empire by Japanese government had begun 1 year and 2 months earlier than the conclusion of Eulsa treaty.