Yi Kyuwan
Korean politician
Yi Kyuwan (Korean: 이규완; Hanja: 李圭完; November 15, 1862 – December 15, 1946) was a politician, philosopher, and revolutionist during Korea's Joseon period. His Japanese names were Asada Ryo (Korean: 아사다 료; Hanja: 淺田良) and Asada Ryoichi (Korean: 아사다 료이치; Hanja: 淺田良一). In 1884, he was one of several military leaders in the brief Gapsin Coup, a Japanese-supported attempt to overthrow the royal palace in Seoul.
Biography
Yi was born in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, Joseon. He had ancestry in the royal family of the Joseon dynasty, descending from Prince Limyoung, the fifth son of Sejong the Great. Yi had a somewhat distant relationship with his family; his father was in the process of moving to Seoul from Guangzhou, and worked as a woodcutter, while his mother died early on in his life, which led his father to remarry. In Yi's youth, he came under the influence of reformist politicians Park Young-hyo and Seo Jae-pil, who arranged for him study in Japan in 1883. In 1884 he returned to Korea and was appointed to a junior military post.
In December 1884, he was one military leader of the short-lived Gapsin coup. When the coup failed, Yi escaped to Yamaguchi, Japan.
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