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| + | [[File:Faked-korean-doc.jpg|right|400px|thumb|A fake letter from the King of Korea to the "King of Japan," forged by [[Tsushima han]], [[1607]]. Kyoto University Museum. Replica on display at the Tsushima Museum. [[Important Cultural Property]].]] |
| *''Date: [[1635]]'' | | *''Date: [[1635]]'' |
| *''Japanese'': [[柳川]] 事件 ''(Yanagawa jiken)'' | | *''Japanese'': [[柳川]] 事件 ''(Yanagawa jiken)'' |
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− | The Yanagawa Affair was a scandal in which [[Tsushima han]] ''[[karo|karô]]'' [[Yanagawa Shigeoki]] and others were found to have been forging diplomatic documents. | + | The Yanagawa Affair was a scandal in which [[Tsushima han]] was found to have forged diplomatic documents. ''[[karo|Karô]]'' [[Yanagawa Shigeoki]], seeking to see lord of Tsushima [[So Yoshinari|Sô Yoshinari]] punished, brought these forgeries to the attention of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]; in the end, however, [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]] judged that Yoshinari and the [[So clan|Sô clan]] would not be punished, that they would retain their special position in facilitating relations with [[Joseon]] Korea, and that Shigeoki would be exiled to [[Tsugaru]]. |
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− | In a grand audience held at [[Edo castle]] on [[1635]]/3/11, Shogun [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]] made a determination to declare the [[So clan|Sô clan]] not guilty, and to allow them to retain their special position in facilitating relations with Korea. Yanagawa was exiled to [[Tsugaru]]. A system was established in which monks from the Kyoto [[Gozan]] ("Five Mountains") [[Zen]] temples would be accredited by the shogunate as experts at diplomacy and dispatched to the [[Iteian]] temple on Tsushima to oversee the creation of diplomatic documents and other matters. | + | ==Details== |
| + | [[File:Yanagawa-affair.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Seating chart for the shogunal audience to address the Yanagawa Affair, 1635/3/11. Detail. Nagasaki Prefectural Research Center for the History of Tsushima. [[Important Cultural Property]]. Replica on display at the Tsushima Museum.]] |
| + | In a grand audience held at [[Edo castle]] on [[1635]]/3/11, Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu determined he would not punish the Sô clan, and would allow them to retain their special position in facilitating relations with Korea. Yanagawa was exiled to Tsugaru. A system was then established in which monks from the Kyoto [[Gozan]] ("Five Mountains") [[Zen]] temples would be accredited by the shogunate as experts at diplomacy and dispatched to the [[Iteian]] temple on Tsushima to oversee the creation of diplomatic documents and other matters. |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
− | *Gallery labels, Tsushima Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/52093351164/sizes/h/] | + | *Gallery labels, Tsushima Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/52093351164/sizes/h/][https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/52093616315/sizes/l/] |
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| [[Category:Edo Period]] | | [[Category:Edo Period]] |
| [[Category:Events and Incidents]] | | [[Category:Events and Incidents]] |