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Yi Ye was a [[Joseon]] military official who led an official visit to [[Tsushima]] in [[1418]].

Yi Ye was a [[Joseon]] military official who led official visits to [[Tsushima]] on several occasions in the early-to-mid 15th century.  

Yi was a senior fifth rank military officer in the Five Military Commands (五衛, K: ''Owi''), with the title of Sajik 司直. He was assigned to travel to Tsushima as an investigation official (K: ''kyŏng ch’agwan''), and to convey [[King Taejong|King Taejong's]] condolences on the death earlier that year of [[So Sadashige|Sô Sadashige]], governor of Tsushima.

Yi was assigned to travel to Tsushima in [[1418]] as an investigation official (K: ''kyŏng ch’agwan''), and to convey [[King Taejong|King Taejong's]] condolences on the death earlier that year of [[So Sadashige|Sô Sadashige]], governor of Tsushima. At that time, he was a senior fifth rank military officer in the Five Military Commands (五衛, K: ''Owi''), with the title of Sajik 司直.

 

In [[1443]], Yi was dispatched to Tsushima again, this time in response to a Japanese attack on a Korean government vessel in the 6th month of that year. By this time, Yi had risen to the Senior Third Grade in court rank, and the position of fifth minister in the Office of Minister-without-Portfolio (K. ''Chungch’uwŏn ch’ŏmjisa'').

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==References==

==References==

*Kenneth Robinson, “An Island’s Place in History: Tsushima in Japan and in Choson, 1392–1592,” ''Korean Studies'' 30 (2006), p50.

*Kenneth Robinson, “An Island’s Place in History: Tsushima in Japan and in Choson, 1392–1592,” ''Korean Studies'' 30 (2006), pp50, 52.

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