辛卯通信使行と五カ所の饗

Abstract

The Tongsinsa was established to restore both countries' diplomatic relationship by the political will of Eto government and the economic needs of Tsusima local government. The precedent studies has been done in terms of politics and diplomacy; few studies have dealt with the cultural aspects such as banquets and receptions. Therefore, this study focuses on the relationship between the entertainment efforts and diplomatic politics with which Araihakuseki tried to push forward his diplomatic reform through the Tongsinsa in 1711. Araihakuseki attempted, by reducing the entertainment places to five, to carry out his political task that would enable his government to have an equal diplomatic relation with Korea. The political intention of Araihakuseki's was doomed to fail. For he overlooked the fact that any diplomatic efforts can be carried out only with the cooperation of the other country, Chosun. It was obviously revealed by the fact that the previous protocol was restored in the next entertainment case of Tonsingsa.