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｢Joseon Diary｣ is an appendix of 『Jinchushihen』 written by Kosugi Misei who was a war correspondent and recorded his experience during the Japanese-Russian War. This work is a rare record of firsthand experience of the Japanese-Russian War of Kosugi Misei, a Japanese artist, and is an essential data needed for in-depth understanding of Kosugi Misei’s artistic activities and works in the Japanese-Russian War period. However, a systematic academic review and discussion on Misei’s ｢Joseon Diary｣ has been rarely performed. Therefore, this study aimed to explore and review three themes that could imply the characteristics and content of the Diary. These themes include: first, illustrations and poems of ｢Joseon Diary｣; second, image of Joseon during the Japanese-Russian War period and Misei’s perception of the Joseon in ｢Joseon Diary｣; and third, Misei’s war experience and view of war presented in ｢Joseon Diary｣. The study results are as follows : First, many illustrations included in ｢Joseon Diary｣ added the realism of a foreign country and created an impression of a pictorial record popular at the time. Furthermore, many poems in ｢Joseon Diary｣ diversify the modes of representation of Misei’s experience in the Joseon by creating a poetic mood in a prose-style diary. Images of the Joseon region full of Japanese military troops moving north immediately after the Japanese-Russian War broke out are well reflected in ｢Joseon Diary｣. Misei’s view mostly stayed at soldiers and the field of war, and he had no opportunity to profoundly comprehend Joseon’s political and social situations. His early perception of the Joseon in ｢Joseon Diary｣ has not yet been reached in penetrating hidden intention of Japan through the Japanese-Russian War. After the march up to Pyongyang, as Misei became more well aware of Joseon’s situations, he criticized the intention of Japan's colonization of Joseon through the Japanese-Russian War with a clear tone in ｢Sing affection of remembrance in the former King's castle on behalf of Han’s old subject｣ of 『Jinchushihen』. Finally, Misei’s aspects of war experience and internalization process of sense of anti-war are well expressed in ｢Joseon Diary｣. His war experience is presented by empathizing with hardship of the march, pain of sick or wounded soldiers, fear of death on the battlefield, homesickness and others. Afterwards, he fully recognized that the glory of war was achieved by blood and death of numerous soldiers. He internalized that war was a cold-hearted and brutal act that even did not allow basic human rights and emotions. The feelings of longing for a home and desire for returning home, repeatedly expressed in ｢Joseon Diary｣ are described with poetic language in ｢Kaere ototo｣ of 『Jinchushihen』.