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*''Japanese'': [[柳川]] 事件 ''(Yanagawa jiken)''

*''Japanese'': [[柳川]] 事件 ''(Yanagawa jiken)''

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]].

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.

 

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/]

[[Category:Edo Period]]

[[Category:Edo Period]]

[[Category:Events and Incidents]]

[[Category:Events and Incidents]]