page_title: History of Asia
section_title: Joseon
hierarchical_section_title: History of Asia / Late modern / Joseon
caption_attribution_description: 한국어: 고종황제 어진 (高宗皇帝 御眞), 작자미상, 20세기초, 비단에 채색, 162.5×100cm, 국립고궁박물관 소장, 통천관(通天冠)을 쓰고 강사포(綱紗袍)를 입고 있는 고종말년의 모습을 담은 어진이다.1907년 9월 순종과 순종비 윤씨와의 가례 당시 촬영된 사진을 바탕으로 그린 작품으로 추정된다 English: Portrait of Emperor Gojong of Korea (1852-1919), Yi Myeong-bok, wearing Tongcheonggwan and Gangsapo
context_page_description: The history of Asia can be seen as the collective history of several distinct peripheral coastal regions such as East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East linked by the interior mass of the Eurasian steppe.
  The coastal periphery was the home to some of the world's earliest known civilizations and religions, with each of the three regions developing early civilizations around fertile river valleys. These valleys were fertile because the soil there was rich and could bear many root crops. The civilizations in Mesopotamia, India, and China shared many similarities and likely exchanged technologies and ideas such as mathematics and the wheel. Other notions such as that of writing likely developed individually in each area. Cities, states and then empires developed in these lowlands.
  The steppe region had long been inhabited by mounted nomads, and from the central steppes they could reach all areas of the Asian continent. The northern part of the continent, covering much of Siberia was also inaccessible to the steppe nomads due to the dense forests and the tundra. These areas in Siberia were very sparsely populated.
context_section_description: When it became the 19th century, the king of Joseon was powerless. Because the noble family of the king's wife got the power and ruled the country by their way. The 26th king of Joseon dynasty, Gojong's father, Heungseon Daewongun wanted the king be powerful again. Even he wasn't the king. As the father of young king, he destroyed noble families and corrupt organizations. So the royal family got the power again. But he wanted to rebuild Gyeongbokgung palace in order to show the royal power to people. So he was criticized by people because he spent enormous money and inflation occurred because of that. So his son, the real king Gojong got power.
caption: Gojong (1852–1919), the 26th king of Joseon dynasty and the first emperor of Korean Empire.
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