‘전기 왜구’와 ‘후기 왜구’ 용어의 모순과 새 용어의 선택

In Search of New Terms - The ‘First Half Period of Wakou’ and the ‘Second Half Period of Wakou’

The Korea-Japan academic community have been using terms of ‘the first half period of Wakou’ and ‘the second half period of Wakou.’ These terms, however, are problematic in that they are based on the conventional knowledge existed for about 50 years. Firstly, the term ‘the first half period of Wakou’ had been using to refer to the Wakou of 14th and 15th centuries. It is problematic because the term misses the Wakou of the 13th century. Secondly, the main body of Wakou in the ‘the first half period of Wakou’ was understood as the ‘union of Koryo-Chosun people.’ Yet, the remaining body of Wakou in the ‘the first half period of Wakou’ was the Japanese people (Akutou(惡黨). Thirdly, the Wakou of the 14th century needs to include the Japanese as well as the Chinese merchants. Fourthly, the main body of Wakou in the ‘the second half period of Wakou’ needs to include both the Japanese and Chinese merchants as well as the Western merchants. In this respect, the Wakou in East Asia must be examined by using terms such as the ‘Kamakura period Wakou,’ the ‘Muromachi period Wakou,’ and the ‘Sengoku period Wakou’ in a study of Wakou.