통신사를 통해 본 물적 교류 ―신미 통신사(1811년)의 예물 교환을 중심으로― = The Exchanges of Material Resources through the Tongshinsa Korean Embassy to Japan－Focusing on the Exchanges of Diplomatic Gifts in 1811－

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This article analyzes the exchanges of material resources by the Korean Embassy sent to Japan (K. Tongshinsa) in 1811. Through verifying the kinds and the quantities of diplomatic gifts exchanged between the two nations, we can certify the gifts distributed to people who participated in the diplomatic events.
The results of the analysis can be summarized into three sides. First, the subjects of diplomatic gifts composed a dual structure. For example, one aspect is the relation between the Joseon government and the Japanese Tokugawa bakufu. Another aspect is the exchange between the Joseon government and Tsushima domain in Japan. Second, various differences and discrimination were built into the contents of the diplomatic gifts through the differential treatment according to the status of the participants when the diplomatic gifts were exchanged between the two nations. Third, the diplomatic gifts of the two nations consisted of commodities anticipated to be most preferred by people of the other nation.
In short, the exchanges of diplomatic gifts between Joseon Korea and Japan show characteristics of diplomatic structures, the economic activities related to the production of diplomatic gifts, and the preference for diplomatic gifts by people of the other nation in the early modern period.