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Korean embassies to Edo (view source)
Revision as of 22:05, 26 December 2011
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Japan obtained a variety of goods from Korea during this period, either through tribute or the associated trade, or other gifts, including rice, textiles, ceramics, mother-of-pearl inlays, books, documents such as Buddhist [[sutras]], Buddhist sculptures, and temple bells. However, the greatest bulk of the trade was for ginseng, which comprised 27% of the Korean goods flowing into Japan, and which at times created monetary and trade deficit issues for the Japanese.<ref>Schottenhammer. pp56-57.</ref>
Japan obtained a variety of goods from Korea during this period, either through tribute or the associated trade, or other gifts, including rice, textiles, ceramics, mother-of-pearl inlays, books, documents such as Buddhist [[sutras]], Buddhist sculptures, and temple bells. However, the greatest bulk of the trade was for ginseng, which comprised 27% of the Korean goods flowing into Japan, and which at times created monetary and trade deficit issues for the Japanese.<ref>Schottenhammer. pp56-57.</ref>
==Timeline of Missions==
*1605 - [[Samyeongdang]] and [[Son Munik]], the first Korean envoys to Japan since the [[Korean Invasions|invasions of Korea]] of the 1590s, meet with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] and [[Tokugawa Hidetada|Hidetada]] at [[Fushimi castle]], having traveled to Kyoto with [[So Yoshitoshi|Sô Yoshitoshi]], lord of [[Tsushima han]], despite the Korean Court having likely only expected the envoys to go as far as Tsushima. They meet as well with [[Honda Masanobu]] and [[Saisho Shotai|Saishô Shôtai]], while staying at the temple of [[Honpo-ji|Honpô-ji]] in Kyoto. This is not counted among the twelve official missions of the Edo period, but represents the beginning of rapprochement. Among other terms of negotiations, 3000 Korean prisoners of war are returned to Korea.
*1607 - The first formal ''tongsingsa'' mission travels to Japan.
*1617 - A Korean mission meets with Tokugawa Hidetada in Kyoto.
*1624 - A mission travels to Edo.
*1636 - A mission travels to Edo. Among the terms discussed is the frequency of ''munwigwam'' missions to [[Tsushima han|Tsushima]].
*1637 - A mission travels to Edo and to [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]].
*1643 - The mission is led by [[Yun Sunji]] and consists of 462 members. It is sent nominally to congratulate the shogunate on the birth of a shogunal heir ([[Tokugawa Ietsuna]] was born in [[1641]]). The envoys travel to Nikkô Tôshôgû, where they present a temple bell as a gift from [[King Injo]]. The bell continues to hang at the Yômeimon in [[Nikko|Nikkô]] today.
*1655 - A mission travels to Edo, and to Nikkô; this is the last time a Korean embassy visits Nikkô.
*1682 - A mission travels to Edo.
*1711 - A mission travels to Edo.
*1719 - A mission travels to Edo, staying at [[Honno-ji|Honnô-ji]] in Kyoto for one night on their way, and several more nights on their way back.
*1748 - A mission travels to Edo.
*1764 - A Korean mission travels to Edo for the last time during the Tokugawa period. The mission consists of 498 people, and their total journey takes 382 days.
*1809 - Korean envoys in Tsushima are informed that the next mission would only be expected to come as far as Tsushima, and not to go to Edo.
*1811 - The final formal Korean mission of the Edo period meets with [[So clan|Sô clan]] officials in Tsushima, and does not travel to the Japanese "mainland," let alone to Edo.
*1841 - An envoy from Tsushima travels to [[Pusan]] and requests that a mission be sent to Tsushima, but none ever is.
*1844 - The shogunate requests, via Tsushima, that Korea send a mission in [[1846]], but this is ultimately cancelled.
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