조선 초 쓰시마(對馬)ㆍ이키(壱岐)ㆍ히젠(肥前) 지역의 피로인 송환에 관한 한 고찰 －1400년대 피로인 송환자(=일본의 통교자)의 증가 배경과 관련하여－

Abstract

Research on the repatriation of captives(piroin, 被擄人) is currently poorly researched. However, a recent study of Pirates(Waegu, 倭寇) found that the act of invasion of the pirate was related to Japan’s north-south civil war at the time. Therefore, studies on the repatriation of captives should also be studied in the relationship between The Chosun and Japan. This study reflected the results of recent Pirates studies. The reality of pirates at the end of Koryo was the Shouni family(少貳氏), and this study is about the repatriation of captives from the Tsushima(對馬), Iki(壱岐), and Hizen(肥前) regions under his control. In these regions, the repatriation of captives began in the 1400s. The study examined the background in connection with the situation in the Kyushu region of Japan. In particular, on July 1, 1399, Tsushima’s Sou Sadashigae(宗貞茂), and on the 10th of the same month, Oouchi Yoshihiro(大内義弘) sent a letter to Chosun. The study focused on why they sent the letter at the time. In Japan in October 1399, Oouchi Yoshihiro rebelled against the shogunate. The Shougun(將軍) re-appointed Shouni Sadayori(少貳貞頼) as Shugo(守護) of Chikuzen(筑前) to conquer Yoshihiro. Thus, Sadashige entered under the forces of the shogunate with his superior. On July 1, 1399, against the backdrop of public power(=shogunate), he confidently promised the Chosun that he could prevent pirates from invading in the future. On the 10th of the same month, Yoshihiro asks The Chosun for genealogy and land that proves that he is descendants of Baekje. It is noted that this was three months before Yoshihiro’s rebellion. In other words, Yoshihiro made such a request by choosing Chosun as an escaping or behind request in case he was defeated in the rebellion. Since these two letters arrived in Chosun, the Japanese people of the Tsushima, Iki, and Hizen regions, which were under the control of the Shouni family, began to come to Chosun. In the end, the change in the situation in Kyushu, Japan, was affecting the Chosun-Japan exchanges.