O Yun-gyeom (1559–1636) was a Korean scholar-official and Chief State Councillor of the Joseon period.
O Yun-gyeom 오윤겸 | |
|---|---|
| Left State Councillor | |
| In office 21 October 1633 – 25 February 1636 | |
| Preceded by | Kim Ryu |
| Succeeded by | Hong Seo-bong |
| In office 12 October 1627 – 17 August 1628 | |
| Preceded by | Sin Heum |
| Succeeded by | Kim Ryu |
| Chief State Councillor | |
| In office 16 December 1628 – 22 September 1631 | |
| Preceded by | Sim Heum |
| Succeeded by | Yun Bang |
| Right State Councillor | |
| In office 20 November 1626 – 12 October 1627 | |
| Preceded by | Sim Heum |
| Succeeded by | Kim Ryu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1559 |
| Died | 25 February 1636 (aged 76–77) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 오윤겸 |
| Hanja | 吳允謙 |
| Revised Romanization | O Yun-gyeom |
| McCune–Reischauer | O Yun'gyŏm |
He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 2nd Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan.[1]
1617 mission to Japan edit
O Yun-gyeom was the leader selected by the Gwanghaegun of Joseon to head a mission to Japan in 1617.[2] The 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 "Reply and Prisoner Repatriation Envoy" (회답겸쇄환사; 回答兼刷還使). The mission was not understood to signify that relations were "normalized."[4]
The Joseon monarch's ambassador and retinue traveled only as far as Kyoto, where the delegation was received by Shōgun Hidetada at Fushimi Castle.[5]
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ Toby, Ronald P. (1991). State and Diplomacy in Early Modern Japan: Asia in the Development of the Tokugawa Bakufu, p. 70.
- ^ Walraven, Boudewijn et al. (2007). Korea in the middle: Korean studies and area studies, p. 361.
- ^ 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.
References edit
- 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. ISBN 978-0-700-71301-1
- Toby, Ronald P. (1991). State and Diplomacy in Early Modern Japan: Asia in the Development of the Tokugawa Bakufu. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 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.
- 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