Wokou (Chinese: 倭寇; pinyin: Wōkòu; Japanese: 倭寇; Hepburn: Wakō; Korean: 왜구; Hanja: 倭寇; RR: Waegu), which translates to "Japanese pirates", were pirates...

(r. 391–413 CE). This memorial stele, which has the oldest usage of Wakō (倭寇, "Japanese pirates", Waegu in Korean), records Wa as a military ally of Baekje...

period (1477–1603) or the warring states period of Japan had spread the wakō's 倭寇 (Japanese Pirates) activities in the China Seas, some groups of these raiders...

diplomatic envoy to the Ming Dynasty. Around this time, because Waegu (왜구; 倭寇) (Japanese pirate) invasions to the Korean Peninsula were extreme, Jeong Mong-ju...

Sohu (in Chinese). 4 February 2012. "马可亮相《倭寇的踪迹》热身会 宝刀配英雄". Sina (in Chinese). 20 February 2012. "马可《倭寇的踪迹》获多项大奖 帅气亮相大影节". Sohu (in Chinese). 7 April...

been Japanese, suggested by the Ming government referring to them as "wokou (倭寇)", but it is probable that piracy was a multi-ethnic profession by the 16th...

however, he also launched expeditions to crush the Japanese pirates (왜구; 倭寇; waegu) in the East China Sea. King Sejong was an effective military planner...

Martin (2001), p. 14. McNeill (1998). Wang (1980), p. 31. Ōta, Kōki (2004), 『倭寇: 日本あふれ活動史』 [Wakō: Nihon Afure Katsudōshi], Bungeisha, p. 98. (in Japanese)...

of Wa". The Emperors of China commonly referred to the ruler of Japan as 倭寇王 wōkouwang (wakuō) meaning "King of Wa", while they themselves styled themselves...

Hinomoto Oniko, which is an alternate reading in Japanese. Wokou (Chinese: 倭寇; pinyin: wōkòu; Jyutping: wo1 kau3; Cantonese Yale: wō kau) – originally referred...