O Yun-gyeom 오윤겸 | |
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Left State Councillor | |
In office 21 October 1633 – 25 February 1636 | |
Preceded by | Kim Ryu |
Succeeded by | Hong Seo-bong |
In office 12 October 1627 – 17 August 1628 | |
Preceded by | Sin Heum |
Succeeded by | Kim Ryu |
Chief State Councillor | |
In office 16 December 1628 – 22 September 1631 | |
Preceded by | Sim Heum |
Succeeded by | Yun Bang |
Right State Councillor | |
In office 20 November 1626 – 12 October 1627 | |
Preceded by | Sim Heum |
Succeeded by | Kim Ryu |
Personal details | |
Born | 1559 |
Died | 25 February 1636 | (aged 76–77)
Korean name | |
Hangul | 오윤겸 |
Hanja | 吳允謙 |
Revised Romanization | O Yun-gyeom |
McCune–Reischauer | O Yun'gyŏm |
O Yun-gyeom (1559–1636) was a Korean scholar-official and Chief State Councillor of the Joseon period.
He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 2nd Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan.[1]
O Yun-gyeom was the leader selected by the Gwanghaegun of Joseon to head a mission to Japan in 1617.[2] The diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade.[3]
This delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a "Reply and Prisoner Repatriation Envoy" (회답겸쇄환사; 回答兼刷還使). The mission was not understood to signify that relations were "normalized."[4]
The Joseon monarch's ambassador and retinue traveled only as far as Kyoto, where the delegation was received by Shōgun Hidetada at Fushimi Castle.[5]