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==Background==
==Background==
Unlike missions from the Ryûkyû Kingdom, which had long engaged in relations with the [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Satsuma province]] but had never had particularly extensive relations with previous shogunates, the Korean missions can be seen as a new form within a longer history of Korean-Japanese relations, stretching back centuries. The Korean kingdom of [[Goryeo]] sent numerous missions to the [[Ashikaga shogunate]] and to the ''[[Kyushu tandai|Kyûshû tandai]]'' in the 14th century seeking aid in suppressing the pirate/raider gangs known as ''[[wako|wakô]]'', albeit with little success. The Joseon Dynasty, founded in [[1392]], established formal relations with the Ashikaga shogunate beginning in [[1404]], and some sixty missions were sent from Japan to Korea in the next century and a half; the Korean missions sent in return were known at that time as ''hôheishi'' (報聘使, K: ''bobingsa'', lit. "information mission") or ''kaireishi'' (回礼使, K: ''hoe lǐsa'', lit. "returning gratitude/etiquette mission").<ref>''Chôsen tsûshinshi to Okayama'', Okinawa Prefectural Museum, 2007, 53.</ref>
Unlike missions from the Ryûkyû Kingdom, which had long engaged in relations with the [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Satsuma province]] but had never had particularly extensive relations with previous shogunates, the Korean missions can be seen as a new form within a longer history of Korean-Japanese relations, stretching back centuries. The Korean kingdom of [[Goryeo]] sent numerous missions to the [[Ashikaga shogunate]] and to the ''[[Kyushu tandai|Kyûshû tandai]]'' in the 14th century seeking aid in suppressing the pirate/raider gangs known as ''[[wako|wakô]]'', albeit with little success. The Joseon Dynasty, founded in [[1392]], established formal relations with the Ashikaga shogunate beginning in [[1404]], and some sixty missions were sent from Japan to Korea in the next century and a half; the Korean missions sent in return were known at that time as ''hôheishi'' (報聘使, K: ''bobingsa'', lit. "information mission") or ''kaireishi'' (回礼使, K: ''hoe lǐsa'', lit. "returning gratitude/etiquette mission").<ref name=okayama53>''Chôsen tsûshinshi to Okayama'', Okayama Prefectural Museum, 2007, 53.</ref>
The first mission to be called a ''tsûshinshi'' (K: ''t'ongsingsa'') took place in [[1429]], and was sent from Korea to celebrate the succession of [[Ashikaga Yoshinori]] to the position of shogun, in the wake of the death of [[Ashikaga Yoshimochi]] the previous year. Between that time until the outbreak of the [[Onin War|Ônin War]] in [[1467]], Korea dispatched another five ''tsûshinshi'', three of which arrived in [[Kyoto]]. At some point in the late 15th or 16th century, missions from Korea stopped, but missions from the Ashikaga to Korea continued.<ref name=okayama53/>
In [[1587]], Toyotomi Hideyoshi named the [[So clan|Sô clan]] of [[Tsushima province|Tsushima]] to be in charge of demanding [[tribute]] from the Joseon court, and to play a leadership role in preparing for Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea (and of the [[Ming Dynasty]]).<ref name=okayama53/>
==Logistics & Ritual Performance==
==Logistics & Ritual Performance==
