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Bak Seo-saeng
Hangul	박서생
Hanja	朴瑞生
Revised Romanization	Bak Seo-saeng
McCune–Reischauer	Pak Sǒ-saeng

Bak Seo-saeng (?-?) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in 15th century.

He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the tongsinsa (diplomatic mission) to the Ashikaga shogunate (Muromachi bafuku) in Japan.^[1]

[edit] 1428 mission to Japan

King Sejong dispatched a diplomatic mission to Japan in 1428-1429. This embassy to court of Ashikaga Yoshinori was led by Bak Seo-saeng. Its purpose was to respond to a message sent to the Joseon court by the Japanese shogun.^[2]

The Japanese hosts may have construed this mission as tending to confirm a Japanocentric world order.^[3] Bak Seo-saeng's actions were more narrowly focused in negotiating protocols for Joseon-Japan diplomatic relations.^[2] The report prepared at the end of this mission urged the Joseon court to supplement negotiations with the shogunate. Bak Seo-saeng proposed initiating a direct approach to the daimyo who controlled the regions where the Japanese pirates had home ports.^[4]

The delegation was able to learn about Japan and its people; and detailed reports were compiled when they returned from their stay in Kyoto. For example, the ambassador reported that "people liked bathing and cleaning their bodies."^[5]

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[edit] Notes

^ Hall, John Whitney. (1997). The Cambridge History of Japan: Early modern Japan, p. 243.
^ ^a ^b Kang, Etsuko H. (1997). Diplomacy and Ideology in Japanese-Korean Relations: from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century, p. 275.
^ Arano Yasunori (2005). "The Formation of A Japanocentric World Order," The International Journal of Asian Studies, vol. 2 , pp. 185-216.
^ Turnbull, Stephen. (1999). The Samurai Swordsman: Master of War, p. 45.
^ Ferris, William. (2009). Japan to 1600: a Social and Economic History, 156.

[edit] References

Daehwan, Noh. "The Eclectic Development of Neo-Confucianism and Statecraft from the 18th to the 19th Century," Korea Journal (Winter 2003).
Ferris, William Wayne. (2009). Japan to 1600: a Social and Economic History. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. 10-ISBN 0-824-83379-1/13-ISBN 978-0-824-83379-4
Kang, Etsuko Hae-jin . (1997). Diplomacy and Ideology in Japanese-Korean Relations: from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century. Basingstoke, Hampshire; Macmillan. 10-ISBN 0-312-17370-9; 13-ISBN 978-0-312-17370-8; OCLC 243874305
Hall, John Whitney. (1997). The Cambridge History of Japan: Early modern Japan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 10-ISBN 0-521-22355-5; 13-ISBN 978-0-521-22355-3; OCLC 174552485
Turnbull, Stephen R. (2008). The Samurai Swordsman: Master of War. London: Frontline Books. 10-ISBN 1-844-15712-1; 13-ISBN 978-1-844-15712-9; OCLC 181927617

[edit] External links

Joseon Tongsinsa Cultural Exchange Association (Korean); (Japanese)

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[0] Hall, John Whitney. (1997). The Cambridge History of Japan: Early modern Japan, p. 243.

[kang275-1] Kang, Etsuko H. (1997). Diplomacy and Ideology in Japanese-Korean Relations: from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century, p. 275.

[2] Arano Yasunori (2005). "The Formation of A Japanocentric World Order," The International Journal of Asian Studies, vol. 2 , pp. 185-216.

[3] Turnbull, Stephen. (1999). The Samurai Swordsman: Master of War, p. 45.

[4] Ferris, William. (2009). Japan to 1600: a Social and Economic History, 156.

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