Research on the Japanese military operation for suppressing the Donghak Peasant Revolution in the First Sino・Japanese war

此次研究的成果之一是发现了日本惩罚部队一名营指挥官撰写的历史文献、营伤亡碑刻和士兵的战争日记，这些文献为分析以下事件提供了证据：当东鹤农民革命在朝鲜中部山区开始时，这在以往的研究中是不被承认的，广岛御所策划了包围和镇压东鹤农民军主力的军事行动，并派出了军队。在战斗的最后阶段，帝国总部匆忙下令歼灭他们，导致超过万名农民丧生

One of the results of this reseaech project is the discovery of historical documentes written by a battalion commandar of the Japanese punitive force, the stele inscriptions for battale casualties, and soldiers'war diaries.These documents provide evidences for analysis of the following incidents.When the Donghak Peasant Revolution began in Korean central mountainous area, which has not been recognized in previous studies, the Hirosima imperial headquarters planned a military operation to surround and suppress the main body of the Donghak Peasant Army and dispatched troops. At the final stage of their battles, the imperial headquarters made a rash of orders to annihilate them, which led to the loss of more than ten thousands of peasants'lives in total