Yet her art — bold, evocative and politically charged — found recognition abroad, particularly in Korea, even as it remained underappreciated in Japan due to cultural taboos and her vivid critiques of ...

Ultimately, Joseon was forced to sign the highly unequal, one-sided KoreanJapanese Treaty, or Ganghwa Treaty (1876) with Japan in 1876 under military threat. Subsequently, imperialist powers, ...