Yeo U-gil (Korean: 여우길; Hanja: 呂祐吉; 1567–1632) was a Korean scholar-official of the Joseon period.
| Yeo U-gil | |
| Hangul | 여우길 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 呂祐吉 |
| Revised Romanization | Yeo Ugil |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏ Ugil |
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
editThis 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" (회답겸쇄환사; 回答兼刷還使). 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
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
Sources
edit- Cox, Rupert A. (2007). The Culture of Copying in Japan: Critical and Historical Perspectives. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-30752-9
- 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. ISBN 978-0-312-17370-8; OCLC 243874305
- Lewis, James Bryant. (2003). Frontier contact between chosŏn Korea and Tokugawa Japan. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-700-71301-1
- 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. ISBN 90-5789-153-0; OCLC 181625480