@article{ART003286529},
author={Park Junhee},
title={The Transformation of Naval Garrisons and the Reorganization of the Coastal Defense System in Pyeongan Province, 17th-18th Centuries},
journal={military history},
issn={1598-317X},
year={2025},
number={137},
pages={155-198}
TY - JOUR
AU - Park Junhee
TI - The Transformation of Naval Garrisons and the Reorganization of the Coastal Defense System in Pyeongan Province, 17th-18th Centuries
JO - military history
PY - 2025
VL - null
IS - 137
PB - Military History Institute, MND
SP - 155
EP - 198
SN - 1598-317X
AB - This study examines the transformation of sugunjin (naval garrisons), the core units of the coastal defense system in Pyeongan Province during the late Joseon period, in the context of changing international dynamics and shifting sources of maritime threats. As Japanese pirate incursions declined in the early Joseon period, coastal defenses weakened, but from the seventeenth century onward, renewed intrusions by various Chinese vessels—smugglers, pirates, Hansŏn, and Hwangdang-sŏn—brought maritime defense back into focus. Joseon sought to respond through the reorganization of sugunjin and the authority of sugun bangŏsa (naval defense commanders). Situated at the border among Joseon, Ming, and Later Jin, the northern coast of the West Sea became a key site reflecting Joseon’s strategic responses to regional instability. By tracing the evolution of sugunjin in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this paper elucidates the practical operation of Joseon’s coastal defense system and its role as the institutional model for later defenses in Hwanghae and Gyeonggi Provinces. The study also addresses the limitations of previous scholarship, which has focused narrowly on frontier maritime zones or individual garrisons, and offers a comprehensive perspective on the maritime defense framework of late Joseon.
KW - Pyeongan Province;Coastal Defense System;Naval Garrisons;(Sugunjin);Donggangjin;Hwangdang-seon
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Park Junhee. (2025). The Transformation of Naval Garrisons and the Reorganization of the Coastal Defense System in Pyeongan Province, 17th-18th Centuries. military history, 137, 155-198.
Park Junhee. 2025, "The Transformation of Naval Garrisons and the Reorganization of the Coastal Defense System in Pyeongan Province, 17th-18th Centuries", military history, no.137, pp.155-198.
Park Junhee "The Transformation of Naval Garrisons and the Reorganization of the Coastal Defense System in Pyeongan Province, 17th-18th Centuries" military history 137 pp.155-198 (2025) : 155.
Park Junhee. The Transformation of Naval Garrisons and the Reorganization of the Coastal Defense System in Pyeongan Province, 17th-18th Centuries. 2025; 137 : 155-198.
Park Junhee. "The Transformation of Naval Garrisons and the Reorganization of the Coastal Defense System in Pyeongan Province, 17th-18th Centuries" military history no.137(2025) : 155-198.
Park Junhee. The Transformation of Naval Garrisons and the Reorganization of the Coastal Defense System in Pyeongan Province, 17th-18th Centuries. military history, 137, 155-198.
Park Junhee. The Transformation of Naval Garrisons and the Reorganization of the Coastal Defense System in Pyeongan Province, 17th-18th Centuries. military history. 2025; 137 155-198.
Park Junhee. The Transformation of Naval Garrisons and the Reorganization of the Coastal Defense System in Pyeongan Province, 17th-18th Centuries. 2025; 137 : 155-198.
Park Junhee. "The Transformation of Naval Garrisons and the Reorganization of the Coastal Defense System in Pyeongan Province, 17th-18th Centuries" military history no.137(2025) : 155-198.
