Abstract
This article analyzes the description of the Joseon-Japan diplomatic restoration on the compilation of Edo bakufu in 19th-century. In the absence of records in the early Edo period, bakufu's compilation mainly referred to records submitted by daimyo. In the case of the Joseon-Japan diplomatic restoration, the records of Tsushima, which mediated relations between the two countries, were handed down to bakufu and used for compilation. However, in Tsushima's records, there were two lines that set the starting point of the diplomatic restoration as 1601 and 1599. As a result, in the bakufu's compilation, the issue of choosing the preceding historical descriptions arose. In general, the bakufu's compilations were centered on the historical perspective of the founding by the Tokugawa Ieyasu, who dominated the hegemony through the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. In line with this, the beginning of the diplomatic restoration tended to be set to 1601 as the following year. By the way, in consideration of the consistency with cited historical sources, Tsukōichiran, the bakufu's compilation in mid-19th-century, set the start of the diplomatic restoration to 1599. This was a result of reflecting the characteristics of a collection of diplomatic historical records organized by bakufu during the period of foreign confusion. On the other hand, the diplomatic restoration was highlighted as a significant achievement of Ieyasu, who established external peace. This ensured peaceful diplomacy that would continue in the future under the political direction of bakufu, which attempted to inherit and preserve the achievements of the first shogun. Additionally, at the end of the Edo Period, bakufu's compilation of diplomatic history was also the work of preparing for diplomacy with the western countries. In it, the history of Joseon diplomacy served as a model for a new diplomatic system.