Line 11: |
Line 11: |
| Yoshitoshi was the 19th head of the [[So clan|Sô clan]] and the first [[Edo period]] lord of [[Tsushima han]]. The fourth son of [[So Masamori|Sô Masamori]], he was a son-in-law of [[Konishi Yukinaga]] and succeeded to become head of the Sô house in [[1588]]. Yoshitoshi served in the [[Korean Invasions]] under Yukinaga and later sided with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] during the [[Sekigahara Campaign]] ([[1600]]), though he took no part in the fighting at Sekigahara. | | Yoshitoshi was the 19th head of the [[So clan|Sô clan]] and the first [[Edo period]] lord of [[Tsushima han]]. The fourth son of [[So Masamori|Sô Masamori]], he was a son-in-law of [[Konishi Yukinaga]] and succeeded to become head of the Sô house in [[1588]]. Yoshitoshi served in the [[Korean Invasions]] under Yukinaga and later sided with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] during the [[Sekigahara Campaign]] ([[1600]]), though he took no part in the fighting at Sekigahara. |
| | | |
− | Yoshitoshi later worked to restore normal relations with Korea. He eventually succeeded, with an official [[Korean embassies to Edo|Korean embassy]] first arriving in [[1607]]. | + | Yoshitoshi later worked to restore normal relations with Korea. He eventually succeeded, with an official [[Korean embassies to Edo|Korean embassy]] first arriving in [[1607]], and the [[Kiyu Treaty|Kiyû Treaty]] being concluded two years later. Following this, the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] affirmed the Sô clan's sole (monopoly) rights on Japanese diplomatic and trade relations with Korea.<ref name=statue>Explanatory plaque on Sô Yoshitoshi statue, Izuhara, Tsushima.</ref> |
| | | |
| Upon his death in [[1615]], his son [[So Yoshinari|Sô Yoshinari]] became ''daimyô''. | | Upon his death in [[1615]], his son [[So Yoshinari|Sô Yoshinari]] became ''daimyô''. |
| + | |
| + | A statue of Yoshitoshi was erected on Tsushima in 2016, in connection with the 400th anniversary of his death, celebrating Yoshitoshi as a symbol of friendly relations between Japan and Korea.<ref name=statue/> |
| + | |
| + | |
| + | <br><br><br> |
| + | <center> |
| + | {| border="3" align="center" |
| + | |- align="center" |
| + | |width="32%"|Preceded by:<br>[[So Yoshishige (1532-1588)|Sô Yoshishige]] |
| + | |width="35%"|'''Head of the [[So clan|Sô clan]]'''<br> [[1588]]-[[1615]] |
| + | |width="32%"|Succeeded by:<br>'''[[So Yoshinari|Sô Yoshinari]]''' |
| + | |- align="center" |
| + | |width="32%"|Preceded by:<br>'''None''' |
| + | |width="35%"|'''Lord of [[Tsushima han]]'''<br> [[1603]]-[[1615]] |
| + | |width="32%"|Succeeded by:<br>'''[[So Yoshinari|Sô Yoshinari]]''' |
| + | |} |
| + | </center> |
| | | |
| ==References== | | ==References== |