Yun Sunji

In 1643, King Injo dispatched a mission to Japan.Titsingh, p. 412. This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade.Walker, Brett L. "Foreign Affairs and Frontiers in Early Modern Japan: A Historiographical Essay," Early Modern Japan. Fall, 2002, pp. 48.

This delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a "Communication Envoy" (tongsinsa). The mission was understood to signify that relations were "normalized."Lewis, James Bryant. (2003). [https://books.google.com/books?id=0YIbNlliRswC&pg=RA1-PA21 Frontier contact between Chosŏn Korea and Tokugawa Japan, pp. 21-24.]

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. The embassy of Joseon king was led by Yun Sunji.

This delegation was received in the court of Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu in Edo; and the mission also completed a visit to Shōgun Ieaysu's mausoleum at Nikkō.Toby, p. 105 n16.

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.

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),Vos, Ken. [http://www.rmv.nl/publicaties/11Koreavroeg/e/accidentalacquisitions.pdf "Accidental acquisitions: The nineteenth-century Korean collections in the National Museum of Ethnology, Part 1,"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622021232/http://www.rmv.nl/publicaties/11Koreavroeg/e/accidentalacquisitions.pdf |date=June 22, 2012 }} p. 6. and in Nihon ōdai ichiran (published in Paris in 1834). Joseon foreign relations and diplomacy are explicitly referenced in the 1834 work.

+ Joseon diplomacy

• Joseon missions to Japan
• Joseon tongsinsa

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• Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&q=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran Annales des empereurs du Japon.] Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84067437?referer=di&ht=edition OCLC 84067437]
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• [https://archive.today/20121205023225/http://www.tongsinsa.com/ Joseon Tongsinsa Cultural Exchange Association {{in lang|ko}}]; [https://archive.today/20121205064047/http://tongsinsa.com/japan/ {{in lang|ja}}]
• [http://alibrary.cau.ac.kr/Download.file?id=ef2af71f-6cae-417b-927d-d6e9de84d3ab 조선통신사연구 (Journal of Studies in Joseon Tongsinsa) {{in lang|ko}}]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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