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At Shimo-Kamagari, a pair of stone steps constructed by [[Fukushima Masanori]] specifically for the use, respectively, of the Korean envoys and their Tsushima escorts, can still be seen today. The [[Asano clan]] of [[Hiroshima han]] is said to have provided especially lavish receptions at Kamagari, as they worked to out-compete or out-shine their neighbors in Chôshû and elsewhere. In fact, a 1711 record shows the Korean envoys naming Kamagari as the site of the best reception (''gochisô'') they had experienced on that year's journey.<ref name=okayama55/>

At Shimo-Kamagari, a pair of stone steps constructed by [[Fukushima Masanori]] specifically for the use, respectively, of the Korean envoys and their Tsushima escorts, can still be seen today. The [[Asano clan]] of [[Hiroshima han]] is said to have provided especially lavish receptions at Kamagari, as they worked to out-compete or out-shine their neighbors in Chôshû and elsewhere. In fact, a 1711 record shows the Korean envoys naming Kamagari as the site of the best reception (''gochisô'') they had experienced on that year's journey.<ref name=okayama55/>

At Tomonoura, the missions typically stayed at a guest house known as the Taichôrô; built by [[Mizuno Katsutane]] as the main hall (''hondô'') of the Buddhist temple Fukuzen-ji, the guest house was quite large, its rooms totaling 78 squares of [[tatami]] in area. Korean envoy [[Yi Bang-eon]]<!--李邦彦--> wrote in 1711 that the view of the Inland Sea from the Taichôrô was the best view in Japan.<ref>''Chôsen tsûshinshi to Okayama'', 56.</ref>

At Tomonoura, the missions typically stayed at a guest house known as the Taichôrô; built by [[Mizuno Katsutane]] as the main hall (''hondô'') of the Buddhist temple Fukuzen-ji, the guest house was quite large, its rooms totaling 78 squares of [[tatami]] in area. Korean envoy [[Yi Bang-eon]]<!--李邦彦--> wrote in 1711 that the view of the Inland Sea from the Taichôrô was the best view in Japan.<ref name=okayama56>''Chôsen tsûshinshi to Okayama'', 56.</ref>

 

After passing by Shiraishi-jima, Shimo-tsui, and Hibi, the mission arrived at the port of Ushimado, where they again stayed overnight. Their reception at Ushimado was overseen by the [[Ikeda clan]] of [[Okayama han]], who housed the Korean mission at the Buddhist temple [[Honren-ji]] up until the 1650s, and then for the rest of the Edo period at the Ikeda's own ''[[honjin|chaya]]'' (lit. "teahouse"). The next major port where the mission stopped was Murotsu, in [[Harima province]], where they were lodged at the private ''chaya'' ("teahouse") of the lord of [[Himeji han]].<ref name=okayama56/>

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 seven luxurious private riverboats (''[[kawa gozabune]]'' lent by the ''daimyô'' of the eastern Inland Sea area for this purpose in partial fulfillment of their [[corvee|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. Roughly one hundred members of the mission were left behind in Osaka to guard the ocean-going vessels.<ref name=sato/> 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/> Pontoon bridges (''funabashi'', lit. "boat bridges") were thrown across the [[Tenryu River|Tenryûgawa]], [[Fuji River|Fujigawa]], and the [[Tone River|Tonegawa]] for the Koreans to cross over those places. Shoguns were the only other travelers for whom such bridges were constructed; ''daimyô'' on ''sankin kôtai'' journeys, as well as Ryukyuan embassies, generally had to make use of ferry boats. The journey from Kyoto to Edo took about one month, with the Korean mission being subsumed within a far larger group of some 2,500 people in total.<ref name=sato/>

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 seven luxurious private riverboats (''[[kawa gozabune]]'' lent by the ''daimyô'' of the eastern Inland Sea area for this purpose in partial fulfillment of their [[corvee|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. Roughly one hundred members of the mission were left behind in Osaka to guard the ocean-going vessels.<ref name=sato/> 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/> Pontoon bridges (''funabashi'', lit. "boat bridges") were thrown across the [[Tenryu River|Tenryûgawa]], [[Fuji River|Fujigawa]], and the [[Tone River|Tonegawa]] for the Koreans to cross over those places. Shoguns were the only other travelers for whom such bridges were constructed; ''daimyô'' on ''sankin kôtai'' journeys, as well as Ryukyuan embassies, generally had to make use of ferry boats. The journey from Kyoto to Edo took about one month, with the Korean mission being subsumed within a far larger group of some 2,500 people in total.<ref name=sato/>