Treaty of Gyehae
Treaty of Gyehae | |||||||
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Kanji | 嘉吉条約 | ||||||
Hiragana | かきつじょうやく | ||||||
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Korean name | |||||||
Hangul | 계해조약 | ||||||
Hanja | 癸亥條約 | ||||||
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The Gyehae Treaty was signed in 1443 ("gyehae" is the Korean name of the year in the
Precedents
Tsushima was then an important trade center. The private trade started between Goryeo, Tsushima, Iki, and Kyūshū, but halted during the Mongol invasions of Japan between 1274 and 1281. The Goryeosa, a history of the Goryeo dynasty, mentions that in 1274, an army of Mongol troops that included many Korean soldiers killed a great number of Japanese on the islands.
Tsushima became one of the major bases of the
On June 19, 1419, the recently abdicated King Taejong of Joseon sent General Yi Jongmu to an expedition to Tsushima Island to clear it of the Wokou pirates, using a fleet of 227 vessels and 17,000 soldiers, known in Japanese as the Ōei Invasion. The Korean army returned to the Korean Peninsula on July 3, 1419,[2] and Korea gave up occupation of Tsushima.[3] In 1443, the Daimyo of Tsushima, Sō Sadamori proposed a Gyehae treaty. The number of trade ships from Tsushima to Korea was decided by this treaty, and the Sō clan monopolized the trade with Korea.[4]
Terms
This treaty was signed by Joseon dynasty king
See also
References
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Pratt, Keith L.; Rutt, Richard; Hoare, James (September 1999). Korea: a historical and cultural dictionary. Routledge. p. 255. ISBN 978-0-7007-0463-7.
- Annals of the Joseon DynastyKing SejongVol.4 July 3 [1]
- Annals of the Joseon DynastyKing SejongVol.4 July 9 [2]"세종 4권, 1년(1419 기해 / 명 영락(永樂) 17년) 7월 9일(임자) 5번째기사이원이 막 돌아온 수군을 돌려 다시 대마도 치는 것이 득책이 아님을 고하다"
- ^ Tsushima tourist Association WEB site [3]"1443 嘉吉条約(発亥約定)- 李氏朝鮮と通交条約である嘉吉条約を結び、歳遣船の定数を定める。これにより、宗家が朝鮮貿易の独占的な地位を占めるようになる。"
- ISBN 978-0806185026.
- ISBN 0-521-22354-7.