Kim Igyo

Kim Yi-gyo
김이교
Kim Yi-gyo; 김이교
	Japanese painting of Kim, ca. 1811
Right State Councillor
	In office; 3 March 1831 – 25 August 1832
Preceded by	Jeong Man-seok
Succeeded by	Sim Sang-gyu
Personal details
Born	1764
Died	25 August 1832 (aged 67–68)
Korean name
Hangul	김이교
Hanja	金履喬
Revised Romanization	Gim I-gyo
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Yi-kyo

Kim Yi-gyo (Korean: 김이교; Hanja: 金履喬; 1764 – 25 August 1832) was a scholar-official and Uuijeong of the Joseon dynasty Korea.

He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 12th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan.

1811 mission to Japan

Kim Igyo was the leader selected by Sunjo of Joseon to head a mission to Japan in 1811.^[1] This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for maintainining a political foundation for trade.^[2]

This delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a "Communication Envoy" (tongsinsa). The mission was understood to signify that relations were "normalized".^[3]

The Joseon monarch's ambassador and retinue traveled only as far as Tsushima. The representatives of shōgun Ienari met the mission on the island which is located in the middle of the Korea Strait between the Korean Peninsula and Kyushu.^[4]

Family

Father
- Kim Bang-haeng (김방행; 1738–1793)
Mother
- Biological - Lady Sim of the Cheongsong Sim clan (청송 심씨; 靑松沈氏; 1739–1808); Kim Bang-haeng’s third wife
- Step - Lady Yi (이씨; 1734–?); Kim Bang-haeng’s first wife
- Step - Lady Yun (윤씨; 1735–1754); Kim Bang-haeng’s second wife
Siblings
- Younger sister - Lady Kim of the Andong Kim clan (안동 김씨; 1765–?)
- Younger brother - Kim Yi-jae (김이재; 1767–1847)
- Younger brother - Kim Yi-hoe (김이회; 1771–1821)
Spouse
- Lady Eo of the Hamjong Eo clan (함종 어씨; 1764–1834)
Issue
- Son - Kim Yeong-sun (김영순; 1798–1849)
- Son - Kim Mun-sun (김무순; 1802–1881)

Notes

^ Walraven, Boudewijn et al. (2007). Korea in the middle: Korean studies and area studies, p. 361.
^ Walker, Brett L. "Foreign Affairs and Frontiers in Early Modern Japan: A Historiographical Essay", Early Modern Japan. Fall 2002, pp. 48.
^ Lewis, James Bryant. (2003). Frontier contact between Chosŏn Korea and Tokugawa Japan, pp. 21–24.
^ Walraven, p. 359.

References

Daehwan, Noh. "The Eclectic Development of Neo-Confucianism and Statecraft from the 18th to the 19th Century", Korea Journal (Winter 2003).
Lewis, James Bryant. (2003). Frontier contact between chosŏn Korea and Tokugawa Japan. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-700-71301-1
Walker, Brett L. "Foreign Affairs and Frontiers in Early Modern Japan: A Historiographical Essay", Early Modern Japan. Fall, 2002, pp. 44–62, 124–128.
Walraven, Boudewijn and Remco E. Breuker. (2007). Korea in the middle: Korean studies and area studies; Essays in Honour of Boudewijn Walraven. Leiden: CNWS Publications. ISBN 90-5789-153-0; OCLC 181625480