of ship prostitution continued until Edo era. The prostitutes of middle ages were only seen as the servants for man’s sex.
Momoyama, the bathhouse prostitutes
Momoyama was the respected prostitutes of bathhouses according the record of ‘The period of north and south dynasties (1336~1392)’. In the book called ‘Kyung-jang experience’ following statement was said.
“By that time,
Thirdly, the special governmental structure or system of Joseon dynasty had contributed to its longevity by diminishing the possibilities of illegality and corruption occurring. ‘ThreeOffices’ is a good example. ThreeOffices is a collective name for threeoffices that functioned as major organ of press and provided checks and balance on the king and the officials. While modeled after Chines
Ⅰ. Introduction
What are you usually doing when you have break time? Almost everyone might answer to go movie, musical or listen to music. It is all related to cultural things. For example, according to Korean movie statistic, last third-quarter moviegoers found a total of 51,330,000 people. It is the best record on third-quarter period. Like this, culture is getting essential in our lives.
2-1 Culture of Recording
One special aspect about the politics and governing of the Joseon Dynasty is that it had a very sophisticated and complex recording system. All the events, works that happened in the country were recorded by specialists, and those records were passed down to the descendents with great care.
Here are some of the detailed explanations:
1) Portrait of Kings
The Jose
Andong Tour
Introduction to Andong
Andong is the home of Confucianism in Korea. During the Joseon Dynasty, Andong attracted scores of Confucian scholars becoming a pioneeringConfucian thought. This city also contained the highest number of private schools from the Joseon Dynasty as well as Confucian schools. To this day, Andong still has around 26 private schools fro