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Kim Sŏngil was the vice ambassador on a [[Joseon|Korean]] mission to Japan in [[1590]] led by [[Hwang Yungil]]. The mission was dispatched in response to demands for [[tribute]] from [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], and was ostensibly to congratulate [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] on his unification of Japan. It was also aimed, however, at ascertaining as much as possible about Hideyoshi's plans to [[Korean Campaigns|invade Korea]], and to perhaps negotiate terms to stop the invasion (they were unsuccessful in the latter).
Hwang and Kim were accompanied by an entourage of roughly 300 men. They arrived in [[Kyoto]] in the 7th month, 1590, and were provided lodgings at [[Daitoku-ji]].
Kim was a direct disciple of [[Yi Hwang]], perhaps the most famous [[Neo-Confucianism]] scholar in Korean history. He, along with Hŏ Sanjŏn (an assistant to the embassy), and other scholars on the embassy met with Japanese scholars such as [[Fujiwara Seika]], and shared valuable books on Neo-Confucianism. This is said to have been a significant event in the introduction of Neo-Confucianism into Japan.
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==References==
*Doyoung Park, "A New Perspective on hte Korean Embassy (Chôsen Tsûshinshi): The View from the Intellectuals in Tokugawa Japan," ''Studies in Asia Series'' IV, 3:1 (2013), 13-14.
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