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Im Gwang (1579–1644) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea. He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 4th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan.〔Toby, Ronald P. (1991). ''State and Diplomacy in Early Modern Japan: Asia in the Development of the Tokugawa Bakufu,'' pp. 205-207; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Annales des empereurs du japon,'' p. 411; n.b., the name ''Nin kwô'' is a pre-Hepburn Japanese transliteration and ''Jin kuang'' is a pre-McCune–Reischauer, Korean romanization devised by Julius Klaproth and Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat in 1834.〕 ==1636 mission to Japan== In 1636, King Injo sent a mission to Japan led by Im Gwang.〔Titsingh, p. 411.〕 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). ( ''Frontier contact between Chosŏn Korea and Tokugawa Japan,'' pp. 21-24. )〕 According to the Japanese calendar, the mission reached Japan in the 12th month of the 13th year of ''Kan'ei'' (1635).〔 This mission to the court of Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu in Edo also encompassed a pilgrimage to the first shogun's mausoleum at Nikkō.〔Toby, p. 105 n16; Walker, (p. 50. )〕 The grand procession of the shogun and his entourage, which included the Joseon ambassador and his retinue, was recorded to have occurred in the 4th month of the 14th year of ''Kan'ei'', as reckoned according to the Japanese calendar.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Im Gwang」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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