Manuscript on paper, entitled on upper wrapper “Matsubara Shin’emon Chosen monogatari” [“Recollections of Korea by...
Two double-page manuscript maps. 57 folding leaves. 8vo (247 x 175 mm.), orig. wrappers, orig. sewing. [Japan]: Editor’s Preface dated “1840.”
The hostilities between Japan and Korea resulting from Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s invasions in the late 16th century ended at the beginning of the Edo period. Diplomatic relationships were re-established, followed by a series of 12 major Korean diplomatic missions during the Tokugawa years, several of which were held in the Tsushima island fiefdom instead of Edo. Because of its close proximity to the Korean peninsula, the Tsushima fiefdom was in charge of practical affairs with Korea throughout the Edo period... More