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Thus, after 1764, the shogunate demurred from interest in receiving further missions. With Tokugawa hegemony firmly established after more than 150 years in power, the role of the embassies for supporting or enhancing Tokugawa legitimacy was long obsolete. Financial and diplomatic status matters were also of concern. These missions were expensive, costing the Sô clan, the shogunate, and others considerable amounts to feed, house, and otherwise provide for the Korean envoys during their time in Japan. Further, having the Korean embassies come only as far as Tsushima would better mirror the restrictions placed on Japanese officials in Korea, who were not permitted to travel beyond [[Pusan]].<ref name=mitani7/> In [[1788]], [[Tairo|Tairô]] [[Matsudaira Sadanobu]] advised Tsushima to seek some kind of revision of the diplomatic protocols, so as to reduce the costs of the impending mission to congratulate [[Tokugawa Ienari]] on becoming shogun; Sadanobu then suggested in [[1791]] that further missions not travel all the way to Edo, but instead meet with shogunal representatives in Tsushima. The Koreans initially rejected this suggestion, asserting the importance of continuing the established practices, but after much negotiations, a mission was finally dispatched in 1811 to congratulate Ienari, 27 years after his succession. This would turn out to be the last Korean mission of the Edo period.<ref>Hellyer, 105-106.</ref>

Thus, after 1764, the shogunate demurred from interest in receiving further missions. With Tokugawa hegemony firmly established after more than 150 years in power, the role of the embassies for supporting or enhancing Tokugawa legitimacy was long obsolete. Financial and diplomatic status matters were also of concern. These missions were expensive, costing the Sô clan, the shogunate, and others considerable amounts to feed, house, and otherwise provide for the Korean envoys during their time in Japan. Further, having the Korean embassies come only as far as Tsushima would better mirror the restrictions placed on Japanese officials in Korea, who were not permitted to travel beyond [[Pusan]].<ref name=mitani7/> In [[1788]], [[Tairo|Tairô]] [[Matsudaira Sadanobu]] advised Tsushima to seek some kind of revision of the diplomatic protocols, so as to reduce the costs of the impending mission to congratulate [[Tokugawa Ienari]] on becoming shogun; Sadanobu then suggested in [[1791]] that further missions not travel all the way to Edo, but instead meet with shogunal representatives in Tsushima. The Koreans initially rejected this suggestion, asserting the importance of continuing the established practices, but after much negotiations, a mission was finally dispatched in 1811 to congratulate Ienari, 27 years after his succession. This would turn out to be the last Korean mission of the Edo period.<ref>Hellyer, 105-106.</ref>

An additional embassy was planned for the late 1840s, postponed to [[1856]], and ultimately never took place.<ref>''Ishin shiryô kôyô'', vol 1, Tokyo: Meguro Shoten (1937), 100</ref>

An additional embassy was planned for the late 1840s, postponed to [[1856]], and ultimately never took place.<ref name=koyo100>''Ishin shiryô kôyô'', vol 1, Tokyo: Meguro Shoten (1937), 100</ref>

The shogunate ordered Tsushima in [[1860]] to request another mission from the Korean court, to be scheduled for [[1866]], and to come only so far as Tsushima (not to Edo). However, in [[1865]], the shogunate then ordered Tsushima to postpone this mission until [[1876]]; the shogunate fell three years later, and that mission never manifested.<ref>Tinello, 189.</ref>

The shogunate ordered Tsushima in [[1860]] to request another mission from the Korean court, to be scheduled for [[1866]], and to come only so far as Tsushima (not to Edo). However, in [[1865]], the shogunate then ordered Tsushima to postpone this mission until [[1876]]; the shogunate fell three years later, and that mission never manifested.<ref>Tinello, 189.</ref>