1880 – 1890
Foreigners who visited the Korean Empire
They leave records about Joseon in books.
There are an incredibly large number of tigers in Joseon.
I’m planning to stay one night at a tavern.
Hot soup and rice were served with the meal.
It was midsummer at the time.
It was too hot to eat hot soup.
Leave the door open
I’m eating
The mother-in-law who saw that
They say that if you leave the door open, a tiger will come into the room.
I got angry
It was so hot I had to close the door.
Even in the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty,
Tigers appear even near Gyeongbokgung Palace and Changdeokgung Palace.
It is said that Hanyang City Wall was in an uproar.
In those days
smallpox (malpox)
tiger
was the object of most fear
Japanese colonial period
Smallpox vaccine is distributed
Japan
Joseon Tiger
Because the seeds were almost dried out,
become extinct