Assassination of Empress Myeongseong
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Around 6 a.m. on 8 October 1895, Queen Min, the consort of the Korean monarch Gojong, was assassinated by a group of Japanese agents under Miura Gorō. After her death, she was posthumously given the title of "Empress Myeongseong". The attack happened at the royal palace Gyeongbokgung in Seoul, Joseon. This incident is known in Korea as the Eulmi Incident.
The Heungseon Daewongun (c. 1898)
A 1904 depiction of a sōshi
Hullyeondae in training.
Adachi Kenzō in 1926
Empress Myeongseong
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Empress Myeongseong was the official wife of Gojong, the 26th king of Joseon and the first emperor of the Korean Empire. During her lifetime, she was known by the name Queen Min. After the founding of the Korean Empire, she was posthumously given the title of Myeongseong, the Great Empress.
Empress Myeongseong
A posthumous status representation of King Gojong and Empress Myeongseong Elementary History of Korea (1908). No verified uncontested contemporary photograph of the Empress has so far been found, though there has been much speculation as to whether a photograph might have survived.
House of Gamgodang, the birthplace of Empress Myeongseong
1892 A street in the Japanese quarter of Busan, being of the character described by Isabella Bird.