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==Timeline of Missions==

==Timeline of Missions==

*1605 - [[Samyeongdang]] and [[Son Munik]], the first Korean envoys to Japan since the [[Korean Invasions|invasions of Korea]] of the 1590s, meet with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] and [[Tokugawa Hidetada|Hidetada]] at [[Fushimi castle]], having traveled to Kyoto with [[So Yoshitoshi|Sô Yoshitoshi]], lord of [[Tsushima han]], despite the Korean Court having likely only expected the envoys to go as far as Tsushima. They meet as well with [[Honda Masanobu]] and [[Saisho Shotai|Saishô Shôtai]], while staying at the temple of [[Honpo-ji|Honpô-ji]] in Kyoto. This is not counted among the twelve official missions of the Edo period, but represents the beginning of rapprochement. Among other terms of negotiations, 3000 Korean prisoners of war are returned to Korea.

*1605 - [[Samyeongdang]] and [[Son Munik]], the first Korean envoys to Japan since the [[Korean Invasions|invasions of Korea]] of the 1590s, meet with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] and [[Tokugawa Hidetada|Hidetada]] at [[Fushimi castle]], having traveled to Kyoto with [[So Yoshitoshi|Sô Yoshitoshi]], lord of [[Tsushima han]], despite the Korean Court having likely only expected the envoys to go as far as Tsushima. They meet as well with [[Honda Masanobu]] and [[Saisho Shotai|Saishô Shôtai]], while staying at the temple of [[Honpo-ji|Honpô-ji]] in Kyoto. This is not counted among the twelve official missions of the Edo period, but represents the beginning of rapprochement. Among other terms of negotiations, 3000 Korean prisoners of war are returned to Korea.

*1607 - A mission is led by Ryeo Ugil (aka Chiwon <!--呂祐吉、号：癡湲-->, with Vice Envoy Gyeong-seom (aka Chil-song)<!--慶暹、号：七松-->, and Secretary (''[[jongsagwan]]''<!--従事官-->) Jeong Ho-sil (aka Il-chwi)<!--丁好實、号：一翠-->.<ref>''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'' 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuyama-shi Tomonoura rekishi minzoku shiryôkan (2006), 92.</ref> Many members of the mission are former samurai who, after surrendering to Korean forces during Hideyoshi's invasions, were permitted to take Korean names and to assimilate into Korean society, becoming either court officials of some sort, or soldiers (warriors) in service to the court.

*1607 - A mission is led by Ryeo Ugil (aka Chiwon <!--呂祐吉、号：癡湲-->, with Vice Envoy Gyeong-seom (aka Chil-song)<!--慶暹、号：七松-->, and Secretary (''[[jongsagwan]]''<!--従事官-->) Jeong Ho-sil (aka Il-chwi)<!--丁好實、号：一翠-->.<ref>''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'' 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuyama-shi Tomonoura rekishi minzoku shiryôkan (2006), 92.</ref> Many members of the mission are former samurai who, after surrendering to Korean forces during Hideyoshi's invasions, were permitted to take Korean names and to assimilate into Korean society, becoming either court officials of some sort, or soldiers (warriors) in service to the court. The mission meets with Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada in Edo, and then on the return journey meets with Tokugawa Ieyasu at [[Sunpu]].<ref>Tomiyama Kazuyuki, ''Ryûkyû ôkoku no gaikô to ôken'', Yoshikawa kôbunkan (2004), 118.</ref>

*1617 - A Korean mission meets with Tokugawa Hidetada in Kyoto. [[Hayashi Razan]] is among those invited to attend the reception.

*1617 - A Korean mission meets with Tokugawa Hidetada in Kyoto. [[Hayashi Razan]] is among those invited to attend the reception.

*1624 - A mission travels to Edo. Led by [[Chong Ip|Chŏng Ip]], it is the smallest of the missions, involving only 300 members.<ref>Toby, "Carnival of the Aliens," 424.</ref>

*1624 - A mission travels to Edo. Led by [[Chong Ip|Chŏng Ip]], it is the smallest of the missions, involving only 300 members.<ref>Toby, "Carnival of the Aliens," 424.</ref>