Kim Igyo

Kim Igyo
Hangul 김이교
Hanja 金履喬
Revised Romanization Gim I-gyo
McCune–Reischauer Kim I-gyo

Kim Igyo (1764–1832) was a scholar-official and Uuijeong of the Joseon Dynasty Korea.

He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 12th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan.

1811 mission to Japan

Kim Igyo was the leader selected by Sunjo of Joseon to head a mission to Japan in 1811.[1] This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for maintainining a political foundation for trade.[2]

This delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a "Communication Envoy" (tongsinsa). The mission was understood to signify that relations were "normalized."[3]

The Joseon monarch's ambassador and retinue traveled only as far as Tsushima. The representatives of Shogun Ienari met the mission on the island which is located in the middle of the Korea Strait between the Korean Peninsula and Kyushu.[4]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Walraven, Boudewijn et al. (2007). Korea in the middle: Korean studies and area studies, p. 361.
  2. ↑ Walker, Brett L. "Foreign Affairs and Frontiers in Early Modern Japan: A Historiographical Essay," Early Modern Japan. Fall, 2002, pp. 48.
  3. ↑ Lewis, James Bryant. (2003). Frontier contact between Chosŏn Korea and Tokugawa Japan, pp. 21-24.
  4. ↑ Walraven, p. 359.

References

External links

Preceded by
Jo Eom		 Joseon–Japanese
Edo period diplomacy
12th mission
1811 		Succeeded by
–
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/16/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.