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After arriving in Fukuoka, the embassies made their way east around Kyushu, through the straits at Shimonoseki, into the Inland Sea. The maritime journey through the Inland Sea was accomplished aboard a fleet of vessels, numbering as many as one hundred according to one 1821 painting; for at least a portion of this journey, the fleet was preceded by a ship flying the banners of the [[Murakami clan (Chugoku)|Murakami clan]], who in the [[Sengoku period]] had been the dominant power in these waters. The three lead Korean ambassadors each rode in separate thirty-meter-long vessels with red and gold banners, while smaller ships carried other members of the mission and their luggage.<ref>Martin Dusinberre, ''Hard Times in the Hometown: A History of Community Survival in Modern Japan'', University of Hawaii Press (2012), 23-24.</ref>

After arriving in Fukuoka, the embassies made their way east around Kyushu, through the straits at Shimonoseki, into the Inland Sea. The maritime journey through the Inland Sea was accomplished aboard a fleet of vessels, numbering as many as one hundred according to one 1821 painting; for at least a portion of this journey, the fleet was preceded by a ship flying the banners of the [[Murakami clan (Chugoku)|Murakami clan]], who in the [[Sengoku period]] had been the dominant power in these waters. The three lead Korean ambassadors each rode in separate thirty-meter-long vessels with red and gold banners, while smaller ships carried other members of the mission and their luggage.<ref>Martin Dusinberre, ''Hard Times in the Hometown: A History of Community Survival in Modern Japan'', University of Hawaii Press (2012), 23-24.</ref>

At the port of [[Kaminoseki]], near the easternmost reaches of [[Choshu han|Chôshû han]], which might serve as a representative case, most of the houses along the main street, as well as a number of houses along the main street of the neighboring port of Murotsu, were made to house Tsushima or Chôshû officials accompanying the Korean missions.<ref>In 1764, for example, 36 out of the 43 homes along the main street in Kaminoseki each housed at least one official, with some of them housing as many as four or five. Dusinberre, 24-25.</ref> As they made their way through the Inland Sea, the mission stopped at port-towns such as [[Tomonoura]], [[Ushimado]], [[Murotsu]], and [[Hyogo no tsu|Hyôgo no tsu]], where they were provided formal receptions, food, and lodgings, as the Ryukyuan missions did as well.<ref>Nam-lin Hur, “Choson Korean Officials in the Land of Tokugawa Japan: Ethnic Perceptions in the 1719 Korean Embassy,” ''Korea Observer'' 38:3 (2007): 447.</ref>

At the port of [[Kaminoseki]], near the easternmost reaches of [[Choshu han|Chôshû han]], which might serve as a representative case, most of the houses along the main street, as well as a number of houses along the main street of the neighboring port of Murotsu, were made to house Tsushima or Chôshû officials accompanying the Korean missions.<ref>In 1764, for example, 36 out of the 43 homes along the main street in Kaminoseki each housed at least one official, with some of them housing as many as four or five. Dusinberre, 24-25.</ref> As they made their way through the Inland Sea, the mission stopped at port-towns such as [[Tomonoura]], [[Ushimado]], [[Murotsu]], and [[Hyogo no tsu|Hyôgo no tsu]], where they were provided formal receptions, food, and lodgings, as the Ryukyuan missions did as well.<ref name=ethnic447>Nam-lin Hur, “Choson Korean Officials in the Land of Tokugawa Japan: Ethnic Perceptions in the 1719 Korean Embassy,” ''Korea Observer'' 38:3 (2007): 447.</ref>

After traveling through the Inland Sea by ship to Osaka, the embassy rode luxurious private riverboats of various ''daimyô'' from the eastern Inland Sea area<ref>Toby identifies the boats in one depiction of such a Korean riverboat procession as belonging to the lords of [[Kuwana han|Kuwana]], [[Tosa han|Tosa]], [[Uwajima han|Uwajima]], and [[Usuki han|Usuki domains]]. ("Carnival of the Aliens," 440n51.) This is in contrast to the Ryukyuan missions' riverboats, which were provided by western ''daimyô'', including [[Choshu han|Chôshû]], [[Fukuoka han|Fukuoka]], [[Hiroshima han|Hiroshima]], [[Kokura han|Kokura]], and [[Kumamoto han]] (as seen in a 1710 handscroll, ''Chûzan-ô raichô zu'', National Archives of Japan).</ref> (lent by the ''daimyô'' for this purpose in partial fulfillment of their corvée obligations) up the river to Fushimi, and thence from Kyoto, set out overland. Between Kyoto and Nagoya they took a combination of various highways which, in aggregate, came to be known as the ''[[Chosenjin kaido|Chôsenjin kaidô]]'' (“Koreans’ Highway”). This took them through [[Hikone]], Ôgaki, and several other towns bypassed by the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô]]. From [[Nagoya|Nagoya’s]] [[Miya-juku]] the rest of the way to Edo, they took the Tôkaidô.<ref name=carnival420/>

After traveling through the Inland Sea by ship to Osaka, the embassy was lodged in the city's branch temple of [[Nishi Honganji]], which boasted a massive compound more than capable of hosting all thousand-something members of the Korean & Tsushima retinues.<ref name=ethnic447/> From there, they then rode luxurious private riverboats (lent by the ''daimyô'' of the eastern Inland Sea area for this purpose in partial fulfillment of their corvée obligations)<ref>Toby identifies the boats in one depiction of such a Korean riverboat procession as belonging to the lords of [[Kuwana han|Kuwana]], [[Tosa han|Tosa]], [[Uwajima han|Uwajima]], and [[Usuki han|Usuki domains]]. ("Carnival of the Aliens," 440n51.) This is in contrast to the Ryukyuan missions' riverboats, which were provided by western ''daimyô'', including [[Choshu han|Chôshû]], [[Fukuoka han|Fukuoka]], [[Hiroshima han|Hiroshima]], [[Kokura han|Kokura]], and [[Kumamoto han]] (as seen in a 1710 handscroll, ''Chûzan-ô raichô zu'', National Archives of Japan).</ref> up the river to Fushimi, and thence from Kyoto, set out overland. Between Kyoto and Nagoya they took a combination of various highways which, in aggregate, came to be known as the ''[[Chosenjin kaido|Chôsenjin kaidô]]'' (“Koreans’ Highway”). This took them through [[Hikone]], Ôgaki, and several other towns bypassed by the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô]]. From [[Nagoya|Nagoya’s]] [[Miya-juku]] the rest of the way to Edo, they took the Tôkaidô.<ref name=carnival420/>

From 1607 until [[1682]], the Koreans were lodged at the temple of [[Honsei-ji]] in the Bakurochô neighborhood of Edo; the temple burned down in the [[Oshichi fire]] of 1682, and from then on Korean embassies stayed at the [[Higashi Honganji (Tokyo)|Higashi Honganji]] in [[Asakusa]].<ref>Toby, "Carnival of the Aliens," 428.</ref>

From 1607 until [[1682]], the Koreans were lodged at the temple of [[Honsei-ji]] in the Bakurochô neighborhood of Edo; the temple burned down in the [[Oshichi fire]] of 1682, and from then on Korean embassies stayed at the [[Higashi Honganji (Tokyo)|Higashi Honganji]] in [[Asakusa]].<ref>Toby, "Carnival of the Aliens," 428.</ref>