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*''Japanese'': 対馬 ''(Tsushima)''

*''Japanese'': 対馬 ''(Tsushima)''

Tsushima is an island in the Korea Straits (aka the Tsushima Straits), roughly 33 miles from [[Busan]], Korea, and 56 miles from [[Kyushu]]. The island has been, at least peripherally, incorporated into the Japanese state since ancient times, as [[Tsushima province]], and was one of the "eight islands" referred to when the Japanese archipelago was referred to as ''[[Alternate historical names for Japan|Yashima]]'' or ''Ôyashima''. The island was also claimed, however, by [[Joseon Dynasty]] Korea (1392-1897) and at times by modern Korean governments to have been Korean territory since ancient times.<ref>Jordan Walker, "Archipelagic Ambiguities: The Demarcation of Modern Japan, 1868-1879," ''Island Studies Journal'' 10:2 (2015), 202. Joseon considered Tsushima part of [[Gyeongsang province]]. Jeong-mi Lee, “Chosŏn Korea as Sojunghwa, the Small Central Civilization,” ''International Christian University Publications 3-A, Asian Cultural Studies'' 国際基督教大学学報 3-A,アジア文化研究 36 (2010) 308.</ref> The island was generally administered as part of Kyushu (e.g. coming under the purview of the ''[[Chinzei bugyo|Chinzei bugyô]]'' in premodern times), and is today part of [[Nagasaki prefecture]].

Tsushima is an island in the Korea Straits (aka the Tsushima Straits), roughly 33 miles from [[Busan]], Korea, and 56 miles from [[Kyushu]]. The island has been, at least peripherally, incorporated into the Japanese state since ancient times, as [[Tsushima province]], and was one of the "eight islands" referred to when the Japanese archipelago was referred to as ''[[Alternate historical names for Japan|Yashima]]'' or ''Ôyashima''. The island was also claimed, however, by [[Joseon Dynasty]] Korea (1392-1897) and at times by modern Korean governments to have been Korean territory since ancient times.<ref>Jordan Walker, "Archipelagic Ambiguities: The Demarcation of Modern Japan, 1868-1879," ''Island Studies Journal'' 10:2 (2015), 202. Joseon considered Tsushima part of [[Gyeongsang province]]. Jeong-mi Lee, “Chosŏn Korea as Sojunghwa, the Small Central Civilization,” ''International Christian University Publications 3-A, Asian Cultural Studies'' 国際基督教大学学報 3-A,アジア文化研究 36 (2010) 308.</ref> While many Korean court elites in the 15th-16th centuries may have expressed that the island being occupied by Japanese was an affront, or something that needed to be rectified, the court's official position seems to have rather consistently been one of recognizing this ambiguous status as the status quo, and accepting it as the reality. The Joseon court rarely, if ever, explicitly challenged the authority of the [[Muromachi shogunate]] or the [[So clan|Sô samurai clan]] over the island.<ref>Kenneth Robinson, “An Island’s Place in History: Tsushima in Japan and in Choson, 1392–1592,” ''Korean Studies'' 30 (2006), pp40, 42-43.</ref>

 

Historically, the island was generally administered as part of Kyushu (e.g. coming under the purview of the ''[[Chinzei bugyo|Chinzei bugyô]]'' in premodern times). It is today part of [[Nagasaki prefecture]].

The construction of [[Kaneta fortress|Kaneta]] [[Korean-style fortresses|fortress]] on the island in [[667]], built explicitly against the potential threat of [[Tang Dynasty|Tang]]-[[Silla]] invasion, indicates that Japanese ([[Yamato state]]) agents extended control to the island at least that early.

The construction of [[Kaneta fortress|Kaneta]] [[Korean-style fortresses|fortress]] on the island in [[667]], built explicitly against the potential threat of [[Tang Dynasty|Tang]]-[[Silla]] invasion, indicates that Japanese ([[Yamato state]]) agents extended control to the island at least that early.