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After passing by Shiraishi-jima, Shimo-tsui, and Hibi, the mission arrived at the port of Ushimado, where they again stayed overnight. Their reception at Ushimado was overseen by the [[Ikeda clan]] of [[Okayama han]], who housed the Korean mission at the Buddhist temple [[Honren-ji]] up until the 1650s, and then for the rest of the Edo period at the Ikeda's own ''[[honjin|chaya]]'' (lit. "teahouse"). The next major port where the mission stopped was Murotsu, in [[Harima province]], where they were lodged at the private ''chaya'' ("teahouse") of the lord of [[Himeji han]].<ref name=okayama56/>

After passing by Shiraishi-jima, Shimo-tsui, and Hibi, the mission arrived at the port of Ushimado, where they again stayed overnight. Their reception at Ushimado was overseen by the [[Ikeda clan]] of [[Okayama han]], who housed the Korean mission at the Buddhist temple [[Honren-ji]] up until the 1650s, and then for the rest of the Edo period at the Ikeda's own ''[[honjin|chaya]]'' (lit. "teahouse"). The next major port where the mission stopped was Murotsu, in [[Harima province]], where they were lodged at the private ''chaya'' ("teahouse") of the lord of [[Himeji han]].<ref name=okayama56/>

After traveling through the Inland Sea by ship to Osaka, the embassy was lodged in the city's branch temple of [[Nishi Honganji]], which boasted a massive compound more than capable of hosting all thousand-something members of the Korean & Tsushima retinues.<ref name=ethnic447/> From there, they then rode seven luxurious private riverboats (''[[kawa gozabune]]'' lent by the ''daimyô'' of the eastern Inland Sea area for this purpose in partial fulfillment of their [[corvee|corvée]] obligations)<ref>Toby identifies the boats in one depiction of such a Korean riverboat procession as belonging to the lords of [[Kuwana han|Kuwana]], [[Tosa han|Tosa]], [[Uwajima han|Uwajima]], and [[Usuki han|Usuki domains]]. ("Carnival of the Aliens," 440n51.) This is in contrast to the Ryukyuan missions' riverboats, which were provided by western ''daimyô'', including [[Choshu han|Chôshû]], [[Fukuoka han|Fukuoka]], [[Hiroshima han|Hiroshima]], [[Kokura han|Kokura]], and [[Kumamoto han]] (as seen in a 1710 handscroll, ''Chûzan-ô raichô zu'', National Archives of Japan).</ref> up the river to Fushimi, and thence from Kyoto, set out overland. Roughly one hundred members of the mission were left behind in Osaka to guard the ocean-going vessels.<ref name=sato/> Between Kyoto and Nagoya they took a combination of various highways which, in aggregate, came to be known as the ''[[Chosenjin kaido|Chôsenjin kaidô]]'' (“Koreans’ Highway”). This took them through [[Hikone]], Ôgaki, and several other towns bypassed by the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô]]. From [[Nagoya|Nagoya’s]] [[Miya-juku]] the rest of the way to Edo, they took the Tôkaidô.<ref name=carnival420/> Pontoon bridges (''funabashi'', lit. "boat bridges") were thrown across the [[Tenryu River|Tenryûgawa]], [[Fuji River|Fujigawa]], and the [[Tone River|Tonegawa]] for the Koreans to cross over those places. Shoguns were the only other travelers for whom such bridges were constructed; ''daimyô'' on ''sankin kôtai'' journeys, as well as Ryukyuan embassies, generally had to make use of ferry boats. The journey from Kyoto to Edo took about one month, with the Korean mission being subsumed within a far larger group of some 2,500 people in total.<ref name=sato/>

After traveling through the Inland Sea by ship to Osaka, the embassy was lodged in the city's branch temple of [[Nishi Honganji]], which boasted a massive compound more than capable of hosting all thousand-something members of the Korean & Tsushima retinues.<ref name=ethnic447/> They usually stayed for 3 to 10 days, being housed at the Tsumura-betsuin within the Hongan-ji compound, and in particular at a two-story Korean-style building known as the ''Tô no ma'' (lit. "Chinese room").<ref name=okayama56/>

 

From Osaka, the Koreans then rode seven luxurious private riverboats (''[[kawa gozabune]]'' lent by the ''daimyô'' of the eastern Inland Sea area for this purpose in partial fulfillment of their [[corvee|corvée]] obligations)<ref>Toby identifies the boats in one depiction of such a Korean riverboat procession as belonging to the lords of [[Kuwana han|Kuwana]], [[Tosa han|Tosa]], [[Uwajima han|Uwajima]], and [[Usuki han|Usuki domains]]. ("Carnival of the Aliens," 440n51.) This is in contrast to the Ryukyuan missions' riverboats, which were provided by western ''daimyô'', including [[Choshu han|Chôshû]], [[Fukuoka han|Fukuoka]], [[Hiroshima han|Hiroshima]], [[Kokura han|Kokura]], and [[Kumamoto han]] (as seen in a 1710 handscroll, ''Chûzan-ô raichô zu'', National Archives of Japan).</ref> up the river to Fushimi, and thence from Kyoto, set out overland. Roughly one hundred members of the mission were left behind in Osaka to guard the ocean-going vessels.<ref name=sato/> Between Kyoto and Nagoya they took a combination of various highways which, in aggregate, came to be known as the ''[[Chosenjin kaido|Chôsenjin kaidô]]'' (“Koreans’ Highway”). This took them through [[Hikone]], Ôgaki, and several other towns bypassed by the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô]]. From [[Nagoya|Nagoya’s]] [[Miya-juku]] the rest of the way to Edo, they took the Tôkaidô.<ref name=carnival420/> Pontoon bridges (''funabashi'', lit. "boat bridges") were thrown across the [[Tenryu River|Tenryûgawa]], [[Fuji River|Fujigawa]], and the [[Tone River|Tonegawa]] for the Koreans to cross over those places. Shoguns were the only other travelers for whom such bridges were constructed; ''daimyô'' on ''sankin kôtai'' journeys, as well as Ryukyuan embassies, generally had to make use of ferry boats. The journey from Kyoto to Edo took about one month, with the Korean mission being subsumed within a far larger group of some 2,500 people in total.<ref name=sato/>

From 1607 until [[1682]], the Koreans were lodged at the temple of [[Honsei-ji]] in the Bakurochô neighborhood of Edo; the temple burned down in the [[Oshichi fire]] of 1682, and from then on Korean embassies stayed at the [[Higashi Honganji (Tokyo)|Higashi Honganji]] in [[Asakusa]].<ref>Toby, "Carnival of the Aliens," 428.</ref>

From 1607 until [[1682]], the Koreans were lodged at the temple of [[Honsei-ji]] in the Bakurochô neighborhood of Edo; the temple burned down in the [[Oshichi fire]] of 1682, and from then on Korean embassies stayed at the [[Higashi Honganji (Tokyo)|Higashi Honganji]] in [[Asakusa]].<ref>Toby, "Carnival of the Aliens," 428.</ref>