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	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> de:Wokou (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Wokou or Japanese pirates (Chinese character: åå¯; Chinese pronunciation: wÅkÃ²u; Japanese pronunciation: wakÅ; Korean pronunciation: ìêµ¬ waegu) were pirates who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th century onwards.
		The early phase of Wokou activity began in the 13th century and extended to the second half of the 14th century.
		The conditions caused by the Wokou greatly contributed to the downfall of the Goryeo Dynasty in 1392.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/de:Wokou (3156 words)

	Wokou - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The term "Wokou" is a combination of "Wo", referring to the Japanese, and "kou", meaning "bandit", "enemy" or "invasion".
		Wokou raiders had established fortified bases in various towns and forts on the coast of Zhejiang and garrisoned them with a combined force of 20,000 men.
		The term Wokou was used by both Chinese and Korean troops in reference to the invasion force of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Wokou (2877 words)

	Wokou
		Wokou or '''Japanese pirates''' (Chinese : åå¯; Chinese pronunciation: ''wÅkÃ²u''; Japanese pronunciation: ''wakÅ''; Korean pronunciation: ìêµ¬ ''waegu'') were pirate s who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th century onwards.
		The Wokou resumed their activities in earnest in 1350, driven by chaotic conditions and the lack of a strong authority in Japan.
		The Wokou bands were also active in China, where the earliest record of Japanese pirates is from 1302.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Wokou (2809 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Wokou
		Wokou (Chinese: 倭寇; Japanese pronunciation: wakō; Korean pronunciation: waegu) were pirates who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th century onwards.
		The term "Wokou" is a combination of "Wo", referring to the Japanese, and "kou", meaning "bandit" or "brigand".
		The earliest textual reference to the term "Wokou" comes from a stele erected by King Gwanggaeto of Goguryeo in southern Manchuria in 414.
	all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Wokou (2731 words)

	Korea - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		At this time, General Yi Seong-gye distinguished himself by repelling Japan-based pirates, known as Wokou, who raided and stole from Korean and Chinese merchant ships.
		In addition, the Wokou were causing havoc to Korea's coasts.
		In 1392, Yi Seong-gye established the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) with a coup, moving the capital to Hanseong (now Seoul) and building Gyeonbokgung.
	arikah.com /encyclopedia/Korea (3221 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Wokou
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		Although the pirate raiders were called "Wokou"?title=- Japanese pirates, they were often composed of more locals than Japanese, especially later Wokou.
		In response, the Hongwu Emperor sent his commanders to construct a number of forts along the coast and dispatched two envoys to Prince Kanenaga, the Southern Court's "General of the Western Pacification Command"?title=in KyÅ«shÅ«.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Wokou (3146 words)

	Wokou Did You Mean wokou? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Wokou landing and attacking a Chinese city, 14th century woodblock print.
		In many cases violent altercations were the result of conflict over payment of debts by wealthy families to their trading crors.
		During the Seven-Year War (1592?1598) the term was used by both Chinese and Korean troops for the expionary force of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
	www.did-you-mean.com /Wokou.html (2692 words)

	Total War Center Forums - Ming Dynasty Army Against Wokou(samurai) painting
		wokou倭寇 was a general speaking to call japanese army at that time(pronunciation in chinese).
		wokou was use to call the invasion army of japanese.
		In the entire course of the war, despite fighting in enemy territory with low supplies and a VERY hostile local population, the Samurai (NOT Wokou, which is an old Chinese insult for Japanese in general, sort of like "whop" or "kite" or "spic") the Samurai were never forcefully overrun on any battlefield by Chinese forces.
	www.twcenter.net /forums/showthread.php?t=37908 (2957 words)

	Korea Strait Biography,info
		Japan's Wa periodically sent, through the Korean strait and the Korean peninsula, year-long Imperial embassies to China to obtain latest culture and technologies.
		During the Pleistocene glacial cycles, the Korea and the Bering Straits, and the Yellow Sea were often dried up and the Japanese islands were connected to the Eurasian Continent through the Korean Peninsula and Sakhalin.
		Korean Joseon Dynasty sent a fleet to Tsushima in 1419 for the suppression of Wokou activity.
	music.musictnt.com /biography/sdmc_Korea_Strait (735 words)

	Wodao - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Apparently influenced by Japanese sword design, it bears a strong resemblance to a Tachi or Odachi in form: extant examples show a handle approximately 25 cm long, with a gently curved blade 80 cm long.
		Though Chinese generals, especially those who have many successes over the wokou, employed the wodao for their troops.
		The wodao would be a weapon heavily employed by Chinese troops during the late Ming dynasty.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wodao (139 words)

	Anyone have any images of Ming battling wokou? - China History Forum, chinese history forum
		I know at least one painting of a Ming/wokou battle exists because I saw a small portion of it in the Osprey book "Fighting ships of the far east: part 1." But no other info about the painting is given.
		Some of them did but the Wokou were a mixture of Chinese, Japanese and even korean pirates so their equipment were as such far more diverse and alturistic, more suitet to the individual than to the group.
		Basically Japanese armour but of poorer quality, possibly lower rank samurai armour but the sword carried in the picture is an impressive 2m double handed sword.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=6988 (980 words)

	Victoria Cruises
		The name "Shanghai" was first used in 960 AD when the settlement was just a backwards fishing village on the East China Sea.
		In 1554, the town was surrounded by a city wall and a moat to protect it against Japanese pirates known as "Wokou".
		When British troops stormed its undefended walls in 1842, Shanghai was still only a county town with little importance.
	www.victoriacruises.com /new/shanghai.html (370 words)

	SPCNET.TV - View Single Post - Forsaken General
		"The Wokou is coming!!" the young man holding the old one yelled.
		The crowd moves pass them and the two stand in the cloud of dust.
		Adrenaline is pumping as he looks for Wokou blood.
	www.spcnet.tv /forums/showpost.php?p=236465&postcount=4 (484 words)

	Fujian (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Further development was severely hampered by the sea trade ban of the Ming Dynasty, and the area was superseded by nearby ports of Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Ningbo and Shanghai despite the lifting of the ban in 1550.
		Large scale piracy by Wokou (Japanese pirates) was eventually wiped out by Chinese military and Japanese authority of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
		Late Ming and early Qing Dynasty symbolized an era of large influx of refugees and another 20 years of sea trade ban under the Kangxi Emperor, a measure intended to counter the refuge Ming government of Koxinga in Taiwan.
	fujian.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (2810 words)

	Water Worlds - China History Forum, chinese history forum
		In 1560 the Chaozhou wokou leader Zhang Lian apparently declared himself an emperor and appointed princes and ministers, even holding examinations; he was betrayed by a follower and executed in 1562, but there were still reports from merchants returning from Southeast Asia in 1577 that he had escaped to Palembang and become the harbourmaster there.
		Murray and Antony have in fact focused their studies on a prominent phenomenon of the Guangdong littoral in the late 18th century: the transition of Tanka communities from localized petty piracy to large pirate confederations.
		Wu Daxin, “Cuwen Wo zhi: Mingchao dui Jiangnan Wokou de Zhishi (1552-1554)” [‘Suddenly we heard that the Wo were here’: The Ming Dynasty’s Knowledge of the Wokou of Jiangnan (1522-1554)], Mingshi Yanjiu 7 (2004), pp.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=8189&mode=threaded (5579 words)

	Message Board
		The wokou fleet destroyed off Liaodong in 1419 numbered thirty hulls; Wang Zhi assembled a pirate fleet of hundreds of ships in the early 1550s; Zheng Yi Sao, perhaps the most successful pirate anywhere at any time, is believed to have possessed 1,800 ships in her fleet and held the allegiance of 70,000 pirates.
		Although the reason for the difference in scale between Chinese and European piracy is not certain, the likeliest explanation is simply that the Chinese pirates had far more potential recruits on the crowded shores of Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong than had the European sea raiders in Jamaica, Barbados, and Campeche.
		The South China Sea, the Strait of Taiwan, and their adjoining shores were the site of the vast majority of all Chinese piracy; the wokou in turn confined their activites largely to the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea, and the Sea of Japan.
	www.piratesinfo.com /mysql/phorum/read.php?7,162411,162426 (1732 words)

	SPCNET.TV - Forsaken General
		But it is single edged and curved like a saber but with a thin blade like a sword.
		“These definitely must be the true Japanese wokou that General Qi described in his Ji Xiao Xin Shu(New Text of Effective Tactics/Techniques)” he thought.
		But people always come back when the wokou leaves but only to flee again.
	www.spcnet.tv /forums/printthread.php?t=7554 (3830 words)

	Wokou at Decipedia.com — The simple online encyclopedia!
		Wokou at Decipedia.com — The simple online encyclopedia!
		Check out the definition of "Wokou" at Wiktionary?
		Feel free to quote from and link to this page.
	www.decipedia.com /article/Wokou (2853 words)

	Anti-Japanese Sentiment Encyclopedia Article @ Overtook.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The character is said to also mean "dwarf", although that meaning was not apparent when the name was first used.
		倭寇 (Wōkòu) — Originally referred to Japanese pirates and armed sea merchants who raided the Chinese coastline during the Ming Dynasty (see Wokou).
		The term was adopted during the Second Sino-Japanese War to refer to invading Japanese forces, (similarly to Germans being called Huns).
	www.overtook.org /encyclopedia/Anti-Japanese_sentiment (4708 words)

	The World of Hainan: Hainan's History (Directory)
		Hainan often featured a classic colonial frontier situation in which settlers from the Mainland met fierce resistance from the unpacified Hlai, until these were defeated in a decisive battle in the 18th century, forcing them into the mountains.
		The situation that prevailed is graphically shown by the old county seat of Lehui (now part of Qionghai city), a settlement more than 600 years old which was constructed on an island in the Wanquan River for protection against the Lifei ('Li bandits') and Wokou ('Japanese pirates').
		For much of its history, Hainan's main significance to the Mainland was as a place to send political exiles, the most famous of whom was the celebrated Song poet Su Dongpo, sent here in the 11th century.
	www.hainan-world.com /dir/hainanhist.html (1728 words)

	Dragonballtoys.com Discussion Boards - View Profile: Son Wokou
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	holy cow, now they are saying Samurai actually from Korea? - Page 15 - Kendo World Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		If you need proof of Chinese among the Wako ranks here are some links and they're not Japanese sites they're encyclopedias.
		Although Wokou remained the common lable by which they were identified, most of these bandits were in fact, if not in name, Chinese.
		Look if I'm Chinese and I'm a pirate raiding the Chinese coastline.
	www.kendo-world.com /forum/showthread.php?p=90950 (2722 words)

	No, it's "Hanjiang" according to your previous post
		Replying to: Oh shut up, you hanjian -- me109
		and since anyone who opposes you is one, I suppose you must be an honest to gawd Chinese who actually speaks some sort of Chinese, not some three-foot-tall shoeless wokou.
		It's wah kew, use the Cantonese pronunciation, you han kan!
	www.centurychina.com /plaboard/posts/3681685.shtml (65 words)

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	www.dragonballtoys.com /forums/showthread.php?t=9371 (900 words)

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