Song Hŭigyŏng

1419–1420 mission to Japan

King Sejong dispatched a diplomatic mission to Japan in 1419–1420. This embassy to court of Ashikaga Yoshimasa in Kamakura was led by Song Hŭigyŏng . Its purpose was to respond to a message sent to the Joseon court by the Japanese shogun.

The Japanese hosts may have construed this mission as tending to confirm a Japanocentric world order. Song Hŭigyŏng's actions were more narrowly focused in negotiating protocols for Joseon-Japan diplomatic relations.

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References

• 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. (2000). Frontier contact between chosŏn Korea and Tokugawa Japan. London: Routledge.

References

1. Lewis, James Bryant. (2000). [https://books.google.com/books?id=0YIbNlliRswC&pg=PA88&lpg=PA88&dq= ''Frontier contact between chosŏn Korea and Tokugawa Japan,'' p. 88.]
2. Kang, Etsuko H. (1997). [https://books.google.com/books?id=4f0jnNzdRb4C&pg=PA275&dq= ''Diplomacy and Ideology in Japanese-Korean Relations: from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century,'' p. 275.]
3. Arano Yasunori (2005). [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=316361 "The Formation of A Japanocentric World Order,"] ''The International Journal of Asian Studies,'' vol. 2 , pp. 185-216.