I already introduced some Korean geography text books on my past posts, this morning I found new description of "Sea of Japan"(日本海) in Great Korean Imperial (大韓帝国)govermental textbook!
Title: 小學 萬國地誌
Author:學部編輯局編 Ministery of education text edit
Date 1895~1895
http://yoksa.aks.ac.kr/jsp/aa/ArticleList.jsp?mode=&page=1&fcs=&fcsd=&cf=&cd=&gb=&aa10up=kh2_je_a_vsu_B15AA^2_000&aa10no=kh2_je_a_vsu_B15AA^2_001&aa15no=&aa20no=&gnd1=&gnd2=&keywords=&rowcount=10
Chapter;Japan
http://yoksa.aks.ac.kr/jsp/aa/ImageView.jsp?aa10no=kh2_je_a_vsu_B15AA^2_001&aa20no=B15AA^2_001_0005
日本
太平洋西北隅X有X五大島X多数X小
島XXXX北X北海道X宗谷海峡X千島X又
?里海峡XXX界XX西北X日本海X隣X、X
西隅X朝鮮海峡X隔XX朝鮮X相對XX東南
一面XX太平洋XX
Located on north-west of Pacific ocean, it has five main island and many small island.
North ,Hokkaido and Soya(*La Perouse)strait, Chishima (*Kuril) and ??? strait.
North west (of the Jpaan) faced on "Sea of Japan", and across the strait of Korea, faced with Korea. South East, Pacific ocean.

East Sea? What are you talking about? East Sea means ofcourse East China Sea!
cf:other Daehan Imperial textbooks describes "Sea of Japan" before annexation!.
1895.朝鮮地誌
1899-1906.大韓地誌
1902.中等万國地誌 (Middle school world geography) Geography text in Korea
1907.萬国地理 (World Geography 黃潤德 譯 普成館
1909/1910. (新訂)中等萬國新地志 Korea
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