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*''Japanese'': 対馬 ''(Tsushima)''

*''Japanese'': 対馬 ''(Tsushima)''

Tsushima is an island in the Korea Straits (aka the Tsushima Straits), roughly 33 miles from [[Busan]], Korea, and 56 miles from [[Kyushu]]. The island has been, at least peripherally, incorporated into the Japanese state since ancient times, as [[Tsushima province]], and was one of the "eight islands" referred to when the Japanese archipelago was referred to as ''[[Alternate historical names for Japan|Yashima]]'' or ''Ôyashima''. The island was also claimed, however, by [[Joseon Dynasty]] Korea (1392-1897) and at times by modern Korean governments to have been Korean territory since ancient times.<ref>Jordan Walker, "Archipelagic Ambiguities: The Demarcation of Modern Japan, 1868-1879," ''Island Studies Journal'' 10:2 (2015), 202.</ref> The island was generally administered as part of Kyushu (e.g. coming under the purview of the ''[[Chinzei bugyo|Chinzei bugyô]]'' in premodern times), and is today part of [[Nagasaki prefecture]].

Tsushima is an island in the Korea Straits (aka the Tsushima Straits), roughly 33 miles from [[Busan]], Korea, and 56 miles from [[Kyushu]]. The island has been, at least peripherally, incorporated into the Japanese state since ancient times, as [[Tsushima province]], and was one of the "eight islands" referred to when the Japanese archipelago was referred to as ''[[Alternate historical names for Japan|Yashima]]'' or ''Ôyashima''. The island was also claimed, however, by [[Joseon Dynasty]] Korea (1392-1897) and at times by modern Korean governments to have been Korean territory since ancient times.<ref>Jordan Walker, "Archipelagic Ambiguities: The Demarcation of Modern Japan, 1868-1879," ''Island Studies Journal'' 10:2 (2015), 202. Joseon considered Tsushima part of [[Gyeongsang province]]. Jeong-mi Lee, “Chosŏn Korea as Sojunghwa, the Small Central Civilization,” ''International Christian University Publications 3-A, Asian Cultural Studies'' 国際基督教大学学報 3-A,アジア文化研究 36 (2010) 308.</ref> The island was generally administered as part of Kyushu (e.g. coming under the purview of the ''[[Chinzei bugyo|Chinzei bugyô]]'' in premodern times), and is today part of [[Nagasaki prefecture]].

The construction of [[Kaneta fortress|Kaneta]] [[Korean-style fortresses|fortress]] on the island in [[667]], built explicitly against the potential threat of [[Tang Dynasty|Tang]]-[[Silla]] invasion, indicates that Japanese ([[Yamato state]]) agents extended control to the island at least that early.

The construction of [[Kaneta fortress|Kaneta]] [[Korean-style fortresses|fortress]] on the island in [[667]], built explicitly against the potential threat of [[Tang Dynasty|Tang]]-[[Silla]] invasion, indicates that Japanese ([[Yamato state]]) agents extended control to the island at least that early.