Yeo U-gil explained
| Hangul: | 여우길 |
| Hanja: | 呂祐吉 |
| Rr: | Yeo U-gil |
| Mr: | Yŏ U-gil |
Yeo U-gil (; 1567–1632) was a Korean scholar-official of the Joseon period.
He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 1st Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan.[1]
1607 mission to Japan
This embassy represented King Seonjo of Joseon, traveling to Edo for an audience with Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada; and Yeo U-gil was the chief Joseon envoy.[2] The diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for maintaining a political foundation for trade.[3]
This delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a "Reply and Prisoner Repatriation Envoy" . The mission was not understood to signify that relations were "normalized."[4]
A diplomatic mission conventionally consisted of three envoys—the main envoy, the vice-envoy, and a document official. Also included were one or more official writers or recorders who created a detailed account of the mission.[5] In 1607, Yeo U-gil was the main envoy and Kyŏng Sŏn was the vice-ambassador.[6]
See also
References
Sources
- Cox, Rupert A. (2007). The Culture of Copying in Japan: Critical and Historical Perspectives. London: Routledge.
- Daehwan, Noh. "The Eclectic Development of Neo-Confucianism and Statecraft from the 18th to the 19th Century," Korea Journal (Winter 2003).
- Kang, Etsuko Hae-jin. (1997). Diplomacy and Ideology in Japanese-Korean Relations: from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century. Basingstoke, Hampshire; Macmillan. ;
- Lewis, James Bryant. (2003). Frontier contact between chosŏn Korea and Tokugawa Japan. London: Routledge.
- Walker, Brett L. "Foreign Affairs and Frontiers in Early Modern Japan: A Historiographical Essay," Early Modern Japan. Fall, 2002, pp. 44–62, 124-128.
- Walraven, Boudewijn and Remco E. Breuker. (2007). Korea in the middle: Korean studies and area studies; Essays in Honour of Boudewijn Walraven. Leiden: CNWS Publications. ;
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Notes and References
- Walraven, Boudewijn et al. (2007). Korea in the middle: Korean studies and area studies, p. 361.
- Kang, Etsuko Hae-jin. (1997). Diplomacy and Ideology in Japanese-Korean Relations: from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century, p. 144.
- Walker, Brett L. "Foreign Affairs and Frontiers in Early Modern Japan: A Historiographical Essay," Early Modern Japan. Fall, 2002, pp. 48.
- Lewis, James Bryant. (2003). Frontier contact between Chosŏn Korea and Tokugawa Japan, pp. 21-24.
- Walraven, Boudewign et al. (2007). Korea in the middle: Korean studies and area studies, p. 362.
- Cox, Rupert A. (2007). The culture of copying in Japan: critical and historical perspectives, p. 108 n50.
