Kim Yi-gyo (; 1764 – 25 August 1832) was a scholar-official and Uuijeong of the

Joseon Joseon (; ; Middle Korean: 됴ᇢ〯션〮 Dyǒw syéon or 됴ᇢ〯션〯 Dyǒw syěon), officially the Great Joseon (; ), was the last dynastic kingdom of Korea, lasting just over 500 years. It was founded by Yi Seong-gye in July 1392 and re ...

dynasty

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. He was also

diplomat A diplomat (from grc, δίπλωμα; romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state or an intergovernmental institution such as the United Nations or the European Union to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or internati ...

and

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, representing

interests in the 12th

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteriz ...

diplomatic mission to the

Tokugawa shogunate The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese 徳川幕府 ''Tokugawa bakufu''), also known as the , was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Tokugawa-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia ...

in Japan.

1811 mission to Japan

Kim Igyo was the leader selected by Sunjo of Joseon to head a mission to Japan in 1811. This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for maintainining a political foundation for trade. This delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a "Communication Envoy" (''tongsinsa''). The mission was understood to signify that relations were "normalized". The Joseon monarch's ambassador and retinue traveled only as far as Tsushima. The representatives of ''

shōgun , officially , was the title of the military dictators of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. Nominally appointed by the Emperor, shoguns were usually the de facto rulers of the country, though during part of the Kamakur ...

'' Ienari met the mission on the island which is located in the middle of the

Korea Strait The Korea Strait is a sea passage in East Asia between Korea and Japan, connecting the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan in the northwest Pacific Ocean. The strait is split by the Tsushima Island into the Western Channel and t ...

between the

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and

Kyushu is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surroun ...

.Walraven, p. 359.

Family

* Father ** Kim Bang-haeng (; 1738–1793) * Mother ** Biological - Lady Sim of the Cheongsong Sim clan (; 1739–1808); Kim Bang-haeng’s third wife ** Step - Lady Yi (; 1734–?); Kim Bang-haeng’s first wife ** Step - Lady Yun (; 1735–1754); Kim Bang-haeng’s second wife * Siblings ** Younger sister - Lady Kim of the Andong Kim clan (; 1765–?) ** Younger brother - Kim Yi-jae (; 1767–1847) ** Younger brother - Kim Yi-hoe (; 1771–1821) * Spouse ** Lady Eo of the

Hamjong Eo clan Hamjong Eo clan () is a Korean clan. Their Bon-gwan is in Chungsan County, South Pyongan Province. , the clan has a membership of 15746. Their founder was , who was from Zuopingyi (左馮翊), China. He was exiled to Gangwon Province to avoid co ...

(; 1764–1834) * Issue ** Son - Kim Yeong-sun (; 1798–1849) ** Son - Kim Mun-sun (; 1802–1881)

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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). * Lewis, James Bryant. (2003). ''Frontier contact between chosŏn Korea and Tokugawa Japan''. London:

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. * 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. ;

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Joseon Tongsinsa Cultural Exchange Association 조선통신사연구 (''Journal of Studies in Joseon Tongsinsa'')
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1811 mission to Japan

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