7세기 『일본서기』 삼국관계 기사의 분석과 백제와 왜의 관계

Abstract

An analysis of the records of the NihonShoki was attempted to understand the characteristics of the Baekje-Japan relationship. During the era of King Mu, the relationship with Japan was not given much attention. On the other hand, Shilla shows a more active attitude toward building relationships with Japan, and that effort culminates in Japan’s line of communications with the Tang Dynasty changing to go through Shilla. The number of ambassadors sent by Baekje in the 630s slightly increasing compared to that of the 620s might be a sign of wariness of such a relationship between Shilla and Japan, but even that increase is meager. In the 640s, the first half of King Uija’s era, the NihonShoki specifically records the facts about Shilla’s ambassadors. The entry about Baekje’s ambassador is merely attached to that of Shilla. Out of the three countries, Shilla still led the interactions with Japan during the first half of King Uija’s era, and Baekje only sent ambassadors when there was a major event in Japan. Thus for the first half of the 7th century the relationship between Baekje and Japan has no remarkable characteristics considering the respective countries’ international relations. Despite having a past of Baekje passing on advanced civilization and Japan supplying military assistance at times, their relationship at the time was perfunctory and more of a courteous formality. Such a relationship changed when in the 650s Baekje halted its relationship with the Tang Dynasty and attempted a reorganization of the dynamics of international relations at the time. Japan was an alternative to fill in the relative weakness of the Baekje-Koguryeo alliance compared to the Shilla-Tang forces, and thus the relationship between Baekje and Shilla was transformed. From the general formality it was, it had changed into a relationship with a specific cause, and thus occupied a different place and weight in Baekje’s international relationship.