Japanese missions to Silla represent an aspect of the international relations of mutual Silla-Japanese contacts and communication.[1] The bilateral exchanges were intermittent.
The unique nature of these bilateral diplomatic exchanges evolved from a conceptual framework developed by the Chinese.[2]
- 648 — At the request of Japanese government, the Silla ambassador in China delivers a Japanese letter to the court of the Tang emperor; the message conveyed a message wishing good health to the emperor.[3]
- 804 — Mine no Masatao sent with letters from Japanese Council of State.[4]
- 836 — Ki no Mitsu with letter from Council of State.[5]
According to the Nihon Shoki, in the years 501-700 Japan sent 328 official missions to Paekche, 316 to Silla, 146 to Goguryeo, 193 to Imna (Mimana), 20 to Gaya, 20 to Tamna, and 5 to Samhan kingdoms.[6] Exchanges of embassies with the Korean kingdoms of Paekche and Silla were critical for informing the Japanese of cultural developments on the continent.[7]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Iki no Haktoko" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 379-380, p. 379, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Archived 2012-05-24 at archive.today.
- ^ Kang, Etsuko H. (1997). Diplomacy and Ideology in Japanese-Korean Relations: from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century, p. 81.
- ^ Wang, Zhenping. (2005). Ambassadors from the Islands of Immortals: China-Japan Relations in the Han-Tang Period, p. 231., p. 231, at Google Books
- ^ Wang, p. 74., p. 74, at Google Books
- ^ Wang, p. 75., p. 75, at Google Books
- ^ Park, Seong-rae (2005). Science And Technology in Korean History. Seoul: Jain Pub Co. p. 39.
- ^ Fuqua, Doug. "The Japanese Missions to Tang China, 7th-9th Centuries," Japan Society (US). May 8, 2009; retrieved 2011-06-29
References
edit- Kang, Etsuko Hae-jin. (1997). Diplomacy and Ideology in Japanese-Korean Relations: from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century. Basingstoke, Hampshire; Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-312-17370-8; OCLC 243874305
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
- Wang, Zhenping. (2005). Ambassadors from the Islands of Immortals: China-Japan Relations in the Han-Tang Period. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 9780824828714; OCLC 58647984
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