Yun Sunji

Yun Sunji
Hangul	윤순지
Hanja	尹順之
Revised Romanization	Yun Sun-ji
McCune–Reischauer	Yun Sun-ji

Yun Sunji (1591–1666) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in 17th century.

He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 5th Edo period diplomatic mission to Japan.^[1]

1 1643 mission to Japan
2 Recognition in the West
3 See also
4 Notes
5 References
6 External links

1643 mission to Japan

In 1643, King Injo dispatched a mission to Japan.^[2] This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade.^[3]

This delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a "Communication Envoy" (tongsinsa). The mission was understood to signify that relations were "normalized."^[4]

The Joseon embassy arrived at the shogunal court of Tokugawa Iemitsu in Edo on the 20th year of Kan'ei, according to the Japanese calendar in use at that time.^[2] The embassy of Joseon king was led by Yun Sunji.^[1] This delegation was received in the court of Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu in Edo; and the mission also completed a visit to Shogun Ieaysu's mausoleum at Nikkō.^[5]

Recognition in the West

Yun Sunji's historical significance was confirmed when his mission was specifically mentioned in a widely-distributed history published by the Oriental Translation Fund in 1834.^[2]

In the West, early published accounts of the Joseon kingdom are not extensive, but they are found in Sangoku Tsūran Zusetsu (published in Paris in 1832),^[6] and in Nihon ōdai ichiran (published in Paris in 1834). Joseon foreign relations and diplomacy are explicitly referenced in the 1834 work.

Notes

^ ^a ^b Toby, Ronald P. (1991). State and Diplomacy in Early Modern Japan: Asia in the Development of the Tokugawa Bakufu, p. 105; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 412; n.b., the name Inzioun si is a pre-Hepburn Japanese transliteration or romanization devised by Julius Klaproth et al. in 1834.
^ ^a ^b ^c Titsingh, p. 412.
^ 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.
^ Toby, p. 105 n16.
^ Vos, Ken. "Accidental acquisitions: The nineteenth-century Korean collections in the National Museum of Ethnology, Part 1," p. 6.

References

Daehwan, Noh. "The Eclectic Development of Neo-Confucianism and Statecraft from the 18th to the 19th Century," Korea Journal (Winter 2003).
Lewis, James Bryant. (2003). Frontier contact between chosŏn Korea and Tokugawa Japan. London: Routledge. 10-ISBN 0-7007-1301-8/13-ISBN 978-0-7007-1301-1
Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 84067437
Toby, Ronald P. (1991). State and Diplomacy in Early Modern Japan: Asia in the Development of the Tokugawa Bakufu. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 10-ISBN 0-8047-1951-9; 13-ISBN 978-0-8047-1951-3
Walker, Brett L. "Foreign Affairs and Frontiers in Early Modern Japan: A Historiographical Essay," Early Modern Japan. Fall, 2002, pp. 44–62, 124-128.

External links

Preceded by Im Gwang	Joseon–Japanese Edo period diplomacy 5th mission 1643	Succeeded by Jo Hyeong

Persondata
Name	Yun, Sunji
Alternative names
Short description	korean diplomat
Date of birth	1591
Place of birth
Date of death	1666
Place of death