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A studyontheProcessofJoseonandJapanResumingTheir DiplomaticRelationshipsafterJapan'sInvasionofJoseonin1592

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Almostrightafter Japan's Invasion ofJoseon in 1592 ended, Japan requested the resumption of diplomatic relationships between the two countries,buttheanti-Japanesesentimentamong theJoseon peoplewas toostrongtoallow theresumption. Tokugawa Ieyasu asked Joseon to resume its diplomatic relationships with Japan through theTsushima Island aftertheSekigahara battle,but Joseon refused his request. Then Tsushima demanded reconciliation,proposingthereturn ofcaptivesandspreadingarumoraboutre-invasion. Joseon wasnotabletoeasilytakeaposition becauseitcouldnotclearly determinewhetherthere-invasion rumorwastrueandtherequestforthe resumption ofdiplomaticrelationshipsbetween thetwocountrieswasthe intention ofIeyasu.However,itended up dispatching Yu Jeong(惟政)as Tamjeoksa(探賊使)toTsushimain 1604,givingin toitsrepeatedrequests. Yu Jeongmetwith Ieyasu in Edoandagreedon therestoration principles ofdiplomaticrelationshipsbetween thetwo countries,butIeyasu did not send the credentials and accordingly prevented the formal diplomatic relationshipsfrom beingformedbetweenthetwocountries. Afterthat,Tsushimacontinuedtomakerequestsforresumingdiplomatic relationships between the two countries. Joseon asked for Ieyasu's credentials and subpoena on the robbers of Seonreung(宣陵) and Jeongreung(靖陵),finally its requests were metby Japan.Even though therewas doubtson the authenticity ofthecredentialsand therobbers,Joseon restored its diplomatic relationships with Japan by dispatching Hoidapgyeomsoehwansa(回答兼刷還使)in1607. JoseondecidedtoresumeitsdiplomaticrelationshipswithJapanbecause ithad to focus on the defense on its northern borderwith the growing Jurchen stateaswellaspost-warrestoration efforts.In addition,Joseon peoplegrew favorabletoJapan,especially Ieyasu,which played a critical rolein theresumption.KingSeonjo(宣祖)regarded Japan asan equalof Joseon unlike his perception before the war and exhibited a friendly attitude to Ieyasu.The envoys ofJoseon dispatched to Japan were also friendly to Ieyasu and his son Tokugawa Hidetada, and Ieyasu and Hidetadatreatedthem well,too. TheinternationalorderwaschangingaroundMingDynastyafterJapan's invasion ofJoseon in 1592.In China,MingDynastywasbeingreplacedby Qing Dynasty.In Japan,the ToyotomiHideyoshifeudalgovernmentwas replaced by theIeyasu feudalgovernment.In thosechanginginternational situations,Joseon needed a differentdiplomatic ideology from before the warin ordertomakeactiveresponsestothem andthustreatedJapan in amoreequalpositionthanbeforethewar.

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