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When I sat down to assess the previous website of Jaago, they decided to highlight on the most important aspect of the non-profit organisation: the connecting point of the sponsors and the children. Among the 1800 students who are gladly receiving their free education from Jaago, there is still an alarming number of 800 children who are yet to get a sponsor. The first part of their redesigning strategy was thus to highlight the "Sponsor a Child" campaign of Jaago on the homepage. The new design assured that the first segment the visitors would pause to worry over was the fact that "800 children" were still "unsponsored", but more importantly, be glad to see the solution in yellow right beneath – the box saying "Sponsor a Child."
Prototype,
Full Website Design & Development
The story of Jaago dates back to 2007, when the 21-year-old enthusiast Korvi Rakshand saw his dream of providing free education for underprivileged children come live in a room with a white board, a marker and a mat for the first 17 students. Over the past seven years, Jaago expanded to ventures such as the Jaago Sewing Centre, Volunteer for Bangladesh program, and schools that branched out to the remote locations of Gazipur, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Bandarban and so on. Jaago currently has over 14 schools, 1800 students and an abundance of "friends" who have always been there to support them in every way they could.
For any organization trying to make a mark in today's fast-pacing world, having a pronounced website that represents the company's core values, resources and engagement with the corporate world, works as a dynamic tool that channels the business forward. Non-profit organizations take this potential route as the most viable connection between them and their visitors to bring in funds and engage more people in the activities.
A foundation that reached such heights of success in this day and age consequently needed an online platform to become more accessible to people. Jaago had that too. Their previous website held all the information any user would be interested in – knowing more about them and the upcoming events as the most highlighted sections. The options to donate, sponsor or invite fundraisers, however, were not given much focus, and that is where the line needed to be drawn.
What Jaago was in need of, therefore, was a new design that focused on its sponsors and was built by keeping in mind the convenience of its users rather than making it a center for resources only. That is where Ennovision, a user experience company that builds visual branding through digital marketing, clear messaging and creative designing, came to their aid. Already a "friend" of Jaago, Ennovision was only glad to become a part of the noble journey and help them create a strong, friendly web presence that spoke to its donors.
Next, their upcoming events were given a huge space so that the interested volunteers and members could find out and as well as sign up for any. Jaago was given an event management system that included an automated calendar which helped them schedule and run their events at a much more organized manner. The information architecture was aligned to satisfy their visitors and informing them about the organization and their journey over the years. A number of sections titled "About," "Impact" and "News & Events" were created to guide the users to the designated pages and engaging them accordingly.
Building on the user experience of a website is the core mission of Ennovision. Along with the aforementioned allocation of sections, Jaago's site was made into a responsive one, i.e. it could be accessed from any device ranging from computers to laptops to mobiles.
As non-profit organizations are also always on the rise and requiring constant updating of their contents as they expand over time, they were also guided on how to conduct all processes of managing their contents – the text, pictures, videos and so on. If they still need any help from Ennovision, they are welcome to collaborate with them again and take up their web maintenance services post the launching of the site.
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Q: Object sent differs from object received I'm currently working on a file transfer program. However, I'm facing a major problem. I wondered at first why when I received files on one end, it would only create an empty file. I later found out that for some reason, the object that I sent differed from the object I received.
I sent a Message object:
public class Message implements Serializable {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 566740029496308507L;
    private HashMap<MType, Object> map = new HashMap<MType, Object>();

    public Message(MType id, Object value) {
        map.put(id, value);
    }
/* methods */

}

Using the internal HashMap, I stored values such as file bytes.
        BufferedInputStream is = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(src));
        Message msg = new Message(MType.FILE_OPEN, true);
        com.transmit(msg);
        byte[] buf = new byte[Utility.bufferSize];
        msg = new Message(MType.FILE_NAME, src.getName());
        msg.setValue(MType.FILE_SIZE, Files.size(src.toPath()));
        com.transmit(msg);
        for (int count = is.read(buf); count > 0; count = is.read(buf)) {

            msg.setValue(MType.FILE_BYTE, buf);
            msg.setValue(MType.FILE_COUNT, count);
            com.transmit(msg);
            System.out.println("File part sent");

        }
        System.out.println("File sending complete");
        msg = new Message(MType.FILE_NAME, src.getName());
        msg.setValue(MType.FILE_SIZE, Files.size(src.toPath()));
        msg.setValue(MType.FILE_CLOSE, true);
        is.close();
        com.transmit(msg);

Where the transmit function directly writes the Message object. However, on the receiving end< I noticed a discrepancy between the Message sent and the Message received. On the receiving end, the Messages are sent but none of their internal maps ever contain the FILE_BYTE and FILE_COUNT values. It's as if in the loop, it's only sending the value of 'msg' before the loop, not accounting for the addition of new values.
I know this because I made a toString method for the Message and this is how it looks like:
Sent message:
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USERNAME {
  Bob
}
FILE_OPEN {
  true
}

============================================

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FILE_NAME {
  logo.jpg
}
USERNAME {
  Bob
}
FILE_SIZE {
  27252
}

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FILE_NAME {
  logo.jpg
}
USERNAME {
  Bob
}
FILE_COUNT {
  8192
}
FILE_BYTE {
  [B@5cea3875
}
FILE_SIZE {
  27252
}

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FILE_NAME {
  logo.jpg
}
USERNAME {
  Bob
}
FILE_COUNT {
  8192
}
FILE_BYTE {
  [B@5cea3875
}
FILE_SIZE {
  27252
}

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FILE_NAME {
  logo.jpg
}
USERNAME {
  Bob
}
FILE_COUNT {
  8192
}
FILE_BYTE {
  [B@5cea3875
}
FILE_SIZE {
  27252
}

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FILE_NAME {
  logo.jpg
}
USERNAME {
  Bob
}
FILE_COUNT {
  2676
}
FILE_BYTE {
  [B@5cea3875
}
FILE_SIZE {
  27252
}

============================================

============================================
FILE_NAME {
  logo.jpg
}
USERNAME {
  Bob
}
FILE_CLOSE {
  true
}
FILE_SIZE {
  27252
}

============================================

Received Message:
============================================
USERNAME {
  Bob
}
FILE_OPEN {
  true
}

============================================

============================================
FILE_NAME {
  logo.jpg
}
USERNAME {
  Bob
}
FILE_SIZE {
  27252
}

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FILE_NAME {
  logo.jpg
}
USERNAME {
  Bob
}
FILE_SIZE {
  27252
}

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FILE_NAME {
  logo.jpg
}
USERNAME {
  Bob
}
FILE_SIZE {
  27252
}

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FILE_NAME {
  logo.jpg
}
USERNAME {
  Bob
}
FILE_SIZE {
  27252
}

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FILE_NAME {
  logo.jpg
}
USERNAME {
  Bob
}
FILE_SIZE {
  27252
}

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FILE_NAME {
  logo.jpg
}
USERNAME {
  Bob
}
FILE_SIZE {
  27252
}
FILE_CLOSE {
  true
}

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If there's any other code I should be posting, please let me know. Thanks :)

A: You need to use ObjectOutputStream.writeUnshared(), or ObjectOutputStream.reset() before each writeObject(), if you want to retransmit the same object with changes. Otherwise only a handle to the original object is sent.
Or create a new object per send.

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The James Farmer Lectures
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This Public Broadcasting Service site tells the story of the Freedom Riders, who challenged interstate transportation laws. At the time of the Freedom Rides, James Farmer was the director of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and participated in the Rides.
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The trolley will deliver you through the area free of charge as you visit the galleries, museums, boutiques, and restaurants that contribute to Old Town's unique vibe. You can start at the waterfront and end at the waterfront with quite a bit in between. The Torpedo Factory Art Center is one of the better known attractions with 80 artist studios, an archaeology museum, the Art League School and six galleries. Teaming with restaurants, nightlife, and other activities, and surrounded by 18th and 19th century buildings, Old Town Alexandria is an ideal combination of old and new.


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Receiving the Order of the Red Cross as an outstanding volunteer
David Fraser has been a disaster management and communications volunteer for more than 10 years, providing comfort in times of emergency for many Canadians.
Recently, he received the highest honour as a volunteer, the Order of the Red Cross, for his dedication in going above and beyond to help others.
Fellow Red Cross volunteers, as well as Order recipients, who have worked through various disasters with David, were enthusiastic in their endorsement of his nomination for the Order of Red Cross - Member. David received his Order on May 31st in Ottawa.
"He has this calming presence," says Barb Trant, a disaster management volunteer in Ottawa who has worked alongside David for the past 10 years. "He has a warm and comforting way about him. This award is very well deserved. It is the highest level and there are so many steps to get there – he certainly went past those steps."
Pictured from left to right: Canadian Red Cross CEO Conrad Sauvé, David Fraser receiving his award and Ella West, Canadian Red Cross volunteer.
David has responded to numerous disasters including the fires and floods in Saskatchewan in 2011, Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the Toronto ice storm in 2013, and Ontario spring flooding last year.
"Dave's a real asset to the team," adds Debbie James, a disaster management volunteer for more than 12 years. "One of the many things he brings is a very optimistic attitude. Every time he encounters a challenge, Dave always says this is an opportunity to do better and makes everybody think bigger. I think that's a huge benefit when we're trying to do responses or preparedness – taking what could be perceived as a negative and turning it into a positive."
Sally St. Lewis received her Order of the Red Cross in 2011, as well as receiving her 50 Years (of service) plaque, and endorsed David after working with him in various projects for the past decade.
"He has a lovely laugh and smile every time," says Sally. "He is always pleasant and a committed Red Crosser. I got to know David personally when we both served on the Former Regional Council and travelled together to various Branches for meetings. He definitely gained my respect."
As soon as news of the spring flooding was reported in Ottawa last year, David was one of the first on the scene setting up a shelter and reception centre in Orleans.
"My experience always, whether it is responding to a local house fire, a disaster internationally or a disaster like the flooding this year, is that the presence of the Red Cross provides people comfort and assurance that things will work out. As soon as people see these Red Cross vests, I think it brings a sense of calm and a sense that whatever they need, the Red Cross will help them figure that out," David said.
Congratulations to all of the award recipients who were recognized at the Annual Meeting Awards ceremony. The event showcased the outstanding contributions of our people and partners, and recognized excellence achieved in Canadian Red Cross programs and services during the past year.
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Four More Surfers Announced For JBU Super Trial
In Winterfest 2014 by Andrew May 13, 2014
Jeffreys Bay – The JBU Surf Club has announced the next four invited surfers in the JBU Super Trial presented by RVCA, and they are Sean Holmes, Warren Dean, Dylan Lightfoot and Slade Prestwich.
The JBU Super Trial has a waiting period for the month of June, and will produce one wild card into the ASP JBay Open World Tour event, set to take place from 10-21 July. The ASP JBay Open World Tour event forms part of the JBay Winterfest.
The four invited surfers are a mix of experience and youth, with Sean Holmes and Warren Dean the old school Supers rippers, and Dylan and Slade representing the new school chargers.
Sean Holmes is one of the perennial stand-outs at Supertubes, and has a long and extremely illustrious history at the surf spot. He has deposed of world champions like Kelly Slater and the late Andy Irons year after year, and shows no sign of slowing down. With his nickname of 'The Nemesis,' Holmesy will be making any World Tour surfer nervous should he get the wild card into the main event. With the nuances of Supers in his DNA, Sean surfs with extreme confidence at Supers, and has an uncanny ability in the fabled Supers barrel.
Slade Prestwich is another surfer who can turn heads at Supers. A finalist at the 2013 JBay Open, and the winner of the Volcom VQS Global Champs in Fiji last year, Slade was excited to hear his inclusion in the Super Trial. "That's insane! To surf perfect Supers with a few guys out and have an opportunity to secure a wild card into the main event is crazy." said Slade. "So stoked, and I feel privileged to get an invite."
This is the first time that the ASP World Tour is returning to JBay since 2011 and the event has a prize pool of US$500,000 (R5,250,000). It forms part of the revamped 2014 World Tour, and there is much excitement about the event returning to JBay.
"It's only fitting that one of the world's premiere waves provides the canvas for the world's premiere surfers again," Paul Speaker, ASP CEO, said. "Jeffreys Bay has an incredible heritage with the sport and the local community have been instrumental in returning the ASP Top 34 to South Africa this season. We're very thankful and we look forward to the 2014 installment of the event."
Nixon are also giving away a R10,000 Nixon watch to the JBU Super Trial event winner. Called the Capital Automatic, it is Swiss-made, adorned by 25 jewels and exudes class.
Trailists so far: Greg Emslie, Joshe Faulkner, Shaun Joubert, RVCA Junior Challenge wildcard, Sean Holmes, Dylan Lightfoot, Warren Dean, Slade Prestwich.
The JBU Super Trial presented by RVCA is sanctioned by Surfing South Africa. Surfing South Africa is a member of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC), and recognised by the Dept. of Sport and Recreation as the national controlling body for surfing.
For more information on the JBay Open World Tour event go to the ASP website
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The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of two different stimuli, one focusing on self-interest and one focusing on the collective interest, on energy saving. In the self-interest situation, we pointed out to the respondents that reducing one's shower time is better for the skin. In the collective interest situation we pointed out the benefits for the environment.
Study 3 aims specifically at the guests who stay for a short period (often just a couple of days) at The Student Hotel. This study investigates the effect of messages that focus on self-interest and messages that focus on the collective interest on energy saving, and in particular (hot) water use.
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Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Ryan Saunders addressed his team's poor performance, which has led to an 11-game losing streak.
"It's no secret, we're in a funk right now. But one thing I will say, for those of you who are around our team, we're still positive for the most part, but it hurts still.
But we also need to understand, young team or not, we got to learn lessons in this league because you got to go through hard times to get to where you want to be.
And we're in a hard time. And you come out of it together, and you learn about people, and you learn about individuals in that time," Saunders said, per ESPN.
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"Impeachment Without Conviction" - 5 Scenarios For Trump
Guest September 26, 2019 in Geopolitics
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People often talk about impeachment as if it were identical to removing the President from office. However, this is not the case. In order to remove a President from office, the House of Representatives first has to impeach him, and then the Senate has to convict him. Note that President Clinton was impeached by the House in 1998, but he was subsequently acquitted by the Senate, so he was not removed from office. The only other President who was impeached by the House was Andrew Johnson in 1868, but he was also acquitted by the Senate. Formally, no US President has ever been removed by impeachment and conviction. When the Republican leadership informed Richard Nixon that impeachment and conviction were inevitable he resigned prematurely and it never came to a vote.
FULL ARTICLE - ( Contains 1. Impeachment and Conviction, 2. Resignation, 3. The 25th Amendment (2 scenarios), 4. Republican Defence or Deflection ).
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/impeachment-without-conviction-here-are-5-scenarios-trumps-presidency
The Democrats in the House of Representatives have decided to start impeachment proceedings against President Trump. While impeachment is possible as the Democrats have a majority in the House of Representatives, conviction is unlikely as long as the Republicans in the Senate continue to support their President. In this case the removal of President Trump from office is unlikely, neither by conviction nor by the 25th Amendment.
What's more, history suggests that it will be a challenge for the Democrats to complete the process of impeachment & conviction before Election Day 2020. And then there is – at least as things stand now – virtually no chance of conviction. Consequently, it is unlikely to affect who is on the Republican ticket for the presidential elections in 2020.
However, it will set the tone for the election campaign. In fact, it could even backfire on the Democrats as it may energize Trump voters to go to the polls. Meanwhile, the impeachment theme may overshadow any political message that the Democrats might want to sell to the electorate. What's more, Democratic candidate Joe Biden may not come out of this process unscathed. This would strengthen the position of the remaining leading candidates in the Democratic primaries, which are far more left-wing than Biden. While this strengthens the position of the left wing in the Democratic Party, it may scare away centrist voters on Election Day. Since impeachability is a political decision rather than a legal matter, history will tell whether starting an impeachment inquiry was the right decision for the Democrats.
Impeachment proceedings and the related further deterioration of the US domestic political climate add to the range of factors that are creating the uncertainty for the economic outlook that the Fed is monitoring closely. What's more, they reduce the chance of meaningful fiscal policy legislation. Therefore, a third insurance cut before the end of the year – which is already in our baseline forecast – has become more likely. It also makes our forecast of a recession in 2020 and the Fed cutting all the way back to zero before the end of next year more likely.
To summarize, we have identified 5 possible scenarios for Trump's presidency. In the two most likely scenarios President Trump remains in office, at least until Election Day 2020.
In the first scenario, the Democrats fail to impeach the President, despite their majority. This could occur if the Democratic leadership fails to persuade enough Democratic Congressmen that impeachment is either justified or smart politics.
In the second scenario, the Democrats are successful in impeaching the President, but the Republicans prevent a conviction in the Senate.
A less likely scenario is that the Republicans abandon their President and contribute to a 2/3 majority in the Senate to convict Trump. This would lead to his removal from office. It would take an alarming decline in voter support for Republicans to take this approach.
Two other unlikely scenarios involve the invocation of the 25th Amendment. In this case Trump's own Vice President and Cabinet, with the approval of Congress, decide that his removal from office is warranted, either because of irresponsible behavior or because he is hurting the reelection chances of the Republicans in Congress. So the initiative would come from President Trump's own Republican Party, not the Democratic opposition. The '25th Amendment' route offers 2 scenarios: resumption of office or removal from office. The latter would require the largest decline in voter support for Trump.
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Trump has a base that doesn't care if laws or the spirit of the constitution is violated. It's just how the man has operated his entire life. He uses the carrot and the stick approach not only at home but in international affairs. In the end it will be the success and failure of his policies on a number large issues like trade wars, the economy and what happens in Iran and N Korea. The jury is still out on these issues he chose to Perdue.
Most of the noise around Trump is just politics that would happen no matter which party or person is in the White House. Just the way it is.
Another scenario, which is sure to trigger a few people:
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57 minutes ago, Tom Kirkman said:
When I was a small boy practicing the piano, I stopped playing but let the metronome keep swinging. Somehow I got into a discussion with my father about politics. He pointed to the metronome and said, "When that hand swings to the right, it has to swing to the left by the same degree. That's politics for you." If Mr. Trump is removed, America will elect an inept Lefty, much like Jimmy Carter following Richard Nixon. Today, that Lefty would be . . . Elizabeth Warren. That scares me to death. All Mr. Trump has to do is act presidential, work toward solving the trade war, get Rudy Guilliani back inside his room, and, most importantly, negotiate a deal with Xi that the Chinese buy our LNG, crude, soybeans and pigs. This is not rocket science. Let Ms. Warren self-destruct, fall on her own hairpin. Mr. Biden is toast. I'm worried that his son might harm himself; I would if I mortally wounded my own father. Mr. Sanders is just another old socialist who got rich. I can begin to hear that damn metronome in my head.
https://uk.reuters.com/video/2019/09/26/should-be-a-way-of-stopping-impeachment?videoId=605160652&videoChannel=117759
1 minute video of Trump's reaction to it all.
''Pelosi hijacked!'' #peacesign
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Korean embassies to Edo
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An image of a Korean procession from the 1748 Chôsenjin daigyôretsuki, a book published and widely circulated in Edo in conjunction with popular excitement and interest around that year's mission
Other Names: 回答兼刷還使 (J: kaitouken sakkanshi)[1]
Japanese/Korean: (朝鮮)通信使 ((Chousen) tsuushinshi / (Joseon) t'ongsingsa)
Twelve Korean embassies visited Edo period Japan between 1607 to 1811. These were perceived as tribute missions by the Tokugawa bakufu, and paralleled Ryukyuan embassies sent by the Kingdom of Ryûkyû.
The first several missions, in 1605, 1607, 1617, and 1624, are generally counted separately from the tsûshinshi ("diplomatic embassies"), as these missions focused on the repatriation of captives (from the 1590s wars), and for the negotiation of the resumption of relations. It was only from 1636 onwards, according to many interpretations, that formal relations were established and were being performed.[2]
Unlike the shogunate's relationship with Ryûkyû, which was seen as a vassal to Satsuma han, however, the shogunate regarded Joseon Dynasty Korea as an equal, at least nominally, in certain respects. In practice, while the two countries spoke of one another as equals in certain contexts, in other respects they actively looked down upon one another, with the shogunate seeing these Korean embassies as "tribute" missions, and the Korean court seeing the Sô clan of Tsushima han, who facilitated such relations, as their vassals. The Korean court is said to have seen these missions to Edo as "inspection tours," in which Korean envoys kept an eye out to ensure the Japanese were not planning or preparing for another invasion of Korea, as they had done under Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the 1590s.[3]
Japan obtained a variety of goods from Korea during this period, either through tribute or the associated trade, or other gifts, including rice, textiles, ceramics, mother-of-pearl inlays, books, documents such as Buddhist sutras, Buddhist sculptures, and temple bells. However, the greatest bulk of the trade was for ginseng, which comprised 27% of the Korean goods flowing into Japan, and which at times created monetary and trade deficit issues for the Japanese.[4]
The total voyage from Pusan to Edo covered a distance of nearly 1,100 km each way, and usually took about nine or ten months, round-trip.[5]
2 Logistics & Ritual Performance
3 Decline and End of Missions
4 Timeline of Missions
Unlike missions from the Ryûkyû Kingdom, which had long engaged in relations with the Shimazu clan of Satsuma province but had never had particularly extensive relations with previous shogunates, the Korean missions can be seen as a new form within a longer history of Korean-Japanese relations, stretching back centuries. The Korean kingdom of Goryeo sent numerous missions to the Ashikaga shogunate and to the Kyûshû tandai in the 14th century seeking aid in suppressing the pirate/raider gangs known as wakô, albeit with little success. The Joseon Dynasty, founded in 1392, established formal relations with the Ashikaga shogunate beginning in 1404, and some sixty missions were sent from Japan to Korea in the next century and a half; the Korean missions sent in return were known at that time as hôheishi (報聘使, K: bobingsa, lit. "information mission") or kaireishi (回礼使, K: hoe lǐsa, lit. "returning gratitude/etiquette mission").[6]
The first mission to be called a tsûshinshi (K: t'ongsingsa) took place in 1429, and was sent from Korea to celebrate the succession of Ashikaga Yoshinori to the position of shogun, in the wake of the death of Ashikaga Yoshimochi the previous year. Between that time until the outbreak of the Ônin War in 1467, Korea dispatched another five tsûshinshi, three of which arrived in Kyoto. At some point in the late 15th or 16th century, missions from Korea stopped, but missions from the Ashikaga to Korea continued.[6]
In 1587, Toyotomi Hideyoshi named the Sô clan of Tsushima to be in charge of demanding tribute from the Joseon court, and to play a leadership role in preparing for Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea (and of the Ming Dynasty). After Tsushima sent a formal request to the Joseon Court, Korea dispatched a new mission in 1590; led by Huang Yungil, the mission was housed at Daitoku-ji and met with Hideyoshi at his Jurakudai mansion in Kyoto, where they delivered a formal letter (kokusho) from their king. After Hideyoshi took this as a sign of subordination, however, and Korea declined to send further missions, Hideyoshi launched the first of his invasions of Korea in 1592.[6]
Logistics & Ritual Performance
Each mission was led by a civil official, usually of the third rank (in the Korean court hierarchy), and consisted of roughly 350-500 Koreans,[7] and roughly 1500 Japanese escorts from Tsushima han, the domain which managed Japan-Korea relations in this period. From 1655 onwards, all of the missions were sent, nominally, to congratulate a new shogun on his succession; unlike was the case with the Ryûkyû Kingdom, Korea did not send missions upon the succession of their own kings in order to request any sort of ritual acknowledgement or recognition of their new king.
All but the last mission traveled to Edo, going via Tsushima, through the Inland Sea to Osaka, and then overland from there; the 1811 mission only journeyed as far as Tsushima. The Sô clan of Tsushima played a prominent role in escorting and otherwise organizing and overseeing the embassies during their journey to and from Edo; the shogunate also appointed a pair of other daimyô, typically bugyô, to serve temporarily as "Chôsen shinshi heirei yôkakari, i.e. officials in charge of overseeing the reception of Korean embassies.
The missions sailed aboard a fleet of three Korean ships from Pusan to Tsushima, accompanied by three cargo ships, and escorted by a number of ships from Tsushima.[5] Leaving their Korean ships behind at Tsushima, they spent some time enjoying lavish receptions on the island, and then rode on Japanese ships from there on, accompanied by the lord of the Sô clan and 800-1500 of his men, as far as Osaka.[8] They passed through stops at Ikishima and along the coasts of Chikuzen and Buzen provinces (in northern Kyushu), before passing through the straits at Shimonoseki (aka Akamagaseki).[9]
The tiny island of Ainoshima, located in the Genkai Sea just north of the dual ports of Fukuoka and Hakata, serves as illustrative of the expenses and preparations involved in receiving a Korean mission at any one of these stopover points. More than a year in advance, Fukuoka han authorities funded and oversaw the construction of a new reception hall on the island. Villagers' homes, among other buildings, were used to house the other 350-500 Koreans, plus the lord of Tsushima and his men. The chief Buddhist temple on the island would be renovated, to serve as lodging for Fukuoka domain officials acting as hosts. Repairs were also made to harbors on the island, and at the port of Shingû; all of these efforts involved considerable corvée labor. In 1748, Fukuoka han deployed 443 small boats with 1,625 crew members plus another 1,174 corvée boatmen from across a number of coastal villages, to help provide transport for Fukuoka officials and supplies to Ainoshima, to mark shallows and help ensure a safe route for the Korean & Tsushima ships, and to provide enough fresh seafood to feed roughly 1,000 people (Koreans plus samurai).[10]
After arriving in Fukuoka, the embassies made their way east around Kyushu, to Shimonoseki. There, they enjoyed receptions organized by the daimyô of both Chôshû and Chôfu domains, and by the Buddhist temple of Amida-ji (today, Akama Shrine). They also engaged in scholarly and artistic exchanges with scholars based at the domain school Meirinkan.[11]
The Korean mission then passed through the straits at Shimonoseki, into the Inland Sea. The maritime journey through the Inland Sea was accomplished aboard a fleet of vessels, numbering as many as one hundred according to one 1821 painting; for at least a portion of this journey, the fleet was preceded by a ship flying the banners of the Murakami clan, who in the Sengoku period had been the dominant power in these waters. The three lead Korean ambassadors each rode in separate thirty-meter-long vessels with red and gold banners, while smaller ships carried other members of the mission and their luggage.[12] These lead ships, usually numbering four, were yakata bune commissioned by the shogunate, from regional daimyô, for this purpose.[5]
At the port of Kaminoseki, near the easternmost reaches of Chôshû han, which might serve as a representative case, most of the houses along the main street, as well as a number of houses along the main street of the neighboring port of Murotsu, were made to house Tsushima or Chôshû officials accompanying the Korean missions.[13] Officials from Iwakuni han and Chôshû contributed to the reception of the Korean missions at Kaminoseki.[11] As they made their way through the Inland Sea, the mission stopped at port-towns such as Kamagari, Tomonoura, Ushimado, Murotsu, and Hyôgo no tsu, where they were provided formal receptions, food, and lodgings, as the Ryukyuan missions did as well.[14]
At Shimo-Kamagari, a pair of stone steps constructed by Fukushima Masanori specifically for the use, respectively, of the Korean envoys and their Tsushima escorts, can still be seen today. The Asano clan of Hiroshima han is said to have provided especially lavish receptions at Kamagari, as they worked to out-compete or out-shine their neighbors in Chôshû and elsewhere. In fact, a 1711 record shows the Korean envoys naming Kamagari as the site of the best reception (gochisô) they had experienced on that year's journey.[11]
At Tomonoura, the missions typically stayed at a guest house known as the Taichôrô; built by Mizuno Katsutane as the main hall (hondô) of the Buddhist temple Fukuzen-ji, the guest house was quite large, its rooms totaling 78 squares of tatami in area. Korean envoy Yi Bang-eon wrote in 1711 that the view of the Inland Sea from the Taichôrô was the best view in Japan.[15]
After passing by Shiraishi-jima, Shimo-tsui, and Hibi, the mission arrived at the port of Ushimado, where they again stayed overnight. Their reception at Ushimado was overseen by the Ikeda clan of Okayama han. Though the earliest missions simply stayed overnight on their ships in the harbor, from 1624 onwards, Korean missions came ashore at Ushimado. They were housed at the Buddhist temple Honren-ji from 1624 to 1655, and then for the rest of the Edo period at the Ikeda's own chaya (lit. "teahouse") in the port-town. The next major port where the mission stopped was Murotsu, in Harima province, where they were lodged at the private chaya ("teahouse") of the lord of Himeji han.[15]
After traveling through the Inland Sea by ship to Osaka, the embassy was lodged in the city's branch temple of Nishi Honganji, which boasted a massive compound more than capable of hosting all thousand-something members of the Korean & Tsushima retinues.[14] They usually stayed for 3 to 10 days, being housed at the Tsumura-betsuin within the Hongan-ji compound, and in particular at a two-story Korean-style building known as the Tô no ma (lit. "Chinese room").[15]
From Osaka, the Koreans then rode seven luxurious private riverboats (kawa gozabune lent by the daimyô of the eastern Inland Sea area for this purpose in partial fulfillment of their corvée obligations)[16] up the river to Fushimi, and thence from Kyoto, set out overland. Roughly one hundred members of the mission were left behind in Osaka to guard the ocean-going vessels.[5] Between Kyoto and Nagoya they took a combination of various highways which, in aggregate, came to be known as the Chôsenjin kaidô ("Koreans' Highway"). This took them through Hikone, Ôgaki, and several other towns bypassed by the Tôkaidô. From Nagoya's Miya-juku the rest of the way to Edo, they took the Tôkaidô.[9] Pontoon bridges (funabashi, lit. "boat bridges") were thrown across the Tenryûgawa, Fujigawa, and the Tonegawa for the Koreans to cross over those places. Shoguns were the only other travelers for whom such bridges were constructed; daimyô on sankin kôtai journeys, as well as Ryukyuan embassies, generally had to make use of ferry boats. The journey from Kyoto to Edo took about one month, with the Korean mission being subsumed within a far larger group of some 2,500 people in total.[5]
From 1607 until 1682, the Koreans were lodged at the temple of Honsei-ji in the Bakurochô neighborhood of Edo; the temple burned down in the Oshichi fire of 1682, and from then on Korean embassies stayed at the Higashi Honganji in Asakusa.[17]
The lead envoy (seishi) on such missions wore a robe decorated with kirin. Formal letters from the King of Korea were carried in a special chest, by a number of Korean officials; this was in contrast to the Ryukyuan embassies to Edo, in which a secretary (shokanshi) carried formal letters on his person. Even the open-sided palanquin of the lead envoy himself (making him more visible for onlookers)[18] was carried by Japanese porters, showing the great esteem accorded these communiques. The streets were prepared ahead of time by having the streets swept, and water sprinkled to settle the dust. During the procession, men with long bamboo poles helped push the crowds out of the way, to make room for the procession to pass down the road. While many paradegoers simply stood or sat on the side of the road, others set up viewing booths, complete with tatami and sliding screen (fusuma) paintings.
Once the Korean envoys arrived at the shogun's castle, before they entered the audience chamber (Ôhiroma), the shogun and a number of his officials and retainers arranged themselves within the chamber. A record from 1719 indicates that at that time, the shogun, tairô, two protocol officers, and a retinue carrying their swords, arranged themselves in the upper dan, or dais, of the three in the chamber,[19] and were mostly concealed with blinds (only the middle blind was raised); only the Kii and Mito lords (members of the Gosanke, holding the name Tokugawa) sat in the middle dan, while a variety of daimyô and other retainers sat in the lower dan; the figures seated in the upper dan were not at all visible from the lower dan.
The Korean envoys would then pass through the several anterooms, each also filled with daimyô and other retainers, and made their way to a wooden veranda outside of the audience chamber. In total, between the various rooms, all daimyô in the city were supposed to be present.[20] They remained there while their formal missive from the king of Korea was passed forward, eventually being placed on the tatami just below the upper dan. The Korean envoys bowed and withdrew, and then the master of ceremonies moved the letter to a small alcove behind the shogun's seat. The leaders of the Korean mission (Lead Envoy, Vice Envoy, and Secretary[21]) then approached, one at a time, in order of their status, coming as far as the second tatami mat below the edge of the middle dan (i.e. sitting in the lower dan), and paid their formal respects, before withdrawing once again.
Finally, the formal gifts offered by the envoys to the shogun were arranged for display in the garden. These generally included fine silks, ginseng, ramie textiles, tiger and fox furs, sharkskins, paper, brushes, wax, inkstones, and the like.[5] The blinds separating the three dan were lowered; when the envoys returned to the audience chamber, two layers of blinds would separate them from the shogun. The three leaders of the mission ventured into the ôhiroma, and withdrew, three more times: first, to offer personal greetings, then to partake of a drink, and finally to partake of some food. The Lead Envoy alone was permitted to advance to the middle dan for the drink of saké, but only at that time.
Discussions between the shogun and the envoys were conducted through a series of intermediaries, with the shogun speaking to the rôjû, who passed the message to the lord of Tsushima han, who in turn told the Korean language interpreters, who in turn communicated the shogun's words to the Korean envoys. The audience lasted several hours in total, and while the daimyô and other officials of middling and high-rank were permitted to withdraw from the Ôhiroma while the banquet was being prepared, those in the san-no-ma and yon-no-ma (third and fourth antechambers) were obliged to remain in place throughout the event.
The shogun reciprocated the Korean king's gifts by presenting the envoys with helmets and armor, swords, gold-foil-backed folding screen paintings, volumes of silver, or brocades, among other products. Additional gifts were also exchanged between the Korean envoys and the rôjû and other high-ranking shogunate figures.[5]
While in Edo, the envoys also performed and enjoyed a number of entertainments, including performances of gagaku and Noh, and Korean arts such as masangjae 馬上才 (horse acrobatics); skilled members of the embassy performed acrobatic tricks such as standing up on the horse's back while it ran, jumping on and off of a moving horse, swinging around to different sides of the horse while riding, and so forth.[22]
Decline and End of Missions
These missions were very expensive affairs, with the shogunate loaning around 50,000 ryô to the domain in 1711, 1718, and again in 1746, and granting (not loaning) the domain a whopping 100,000 ryô in 1764 to help pay for them. All of these were loans the domain struggled to pay back, and for the most part never did. The missions were expensive for the Korean Court as well, in part because they had to pay to host preparatory missions from Tsushima. In 1753, even Amenomori Hôshû, who had previously memorialized the shogunate in support of the importance of these missions, urged that the missions were "not of great benefit to the Japanese realm,"[23] and not worth the great financial cost.
Thus, after 1764, the shogunate demurred from interest in receiving further missions. With Tokugawa hegemony firmly established after more than 150 years in power, the role of the embassies for supporting or enhancing Tokugawa legitimacy was long obsolete. Financial and diplomatic status matters were also of concern. These missions were expensive, costing the Sô clan, the shogunate, and others considerable amounts to feed, house, and otherwise provide for the Korean envoys during their time in Japan. Further, having the Korean embassies come only as far as Tsushima would better mirror the restrictions placed on Japanese officials in Korea, who were not permitted to travel beyond Pusan.[3] In 1788, Tairô Matsudaira Sadanobu advised Tsushima to seek some kind of revision of the diplomatic protocols, so as to reduce the costs of the impending mission to congratulate Tokugawa Ienari on becoming shogun; Sadanobu then suggested in 1791 that further missions not travel all the way to Edo, but instead meet with shogunal representatives in Tsushima. The Koreans initially rejected this suggestion, asserting the importance of continuing the established practices, but after much negotiations, a mission was finally dispatched in 1811 to congratulate Ienari, 27 years after his succession. This would turn out to be the last Korean mission of the Edo period.[24]
An additional embassy was planned for the late 1840s, postponed to 1856, and ultimately never took place.[25]
The shogunate ordered Tsushima in 1860 to request another mission from the Korean court, to be scheduled for 1866, and to come only so far as Tsushima (not to Edo). However, in 1865, the shogunate then ordered Tsushima to postpone this mission until 1876; the shogunate fell three years later, and that mission never manifested.[26]
Timeline of Missions
1605 - Samyeongdang and Son Munik, the first Korean envoys to Japan since the invasions of Korea of the 1590s, meet with Tokugawa Ieyasu and Hidetada at Fushimi castle, having traveled to Kyoto with Sô Yoshitoshi, lord of Tsushima han, despite the Korean Court having likely only expected the envoys to go as far as Tsushima. They meet as well with Honda Masanobu and Saishô Shôtai, while staying at the temple of Honpô-ji in Kyoto. This is not counted among the twelve official missions of the Edo period, but represents the beginning of rapprochement. Among other terms of negotiations, 3000 Korean prisoners of war are returned to Korea.
1606 - A Japanese mission from Tsushima led by Tachibana Tomomasa returns from Korea with Korean requests for a formal letter direct from Tokugawa Ieyasu, and for Japan to turn over warriors who had violated Korean graves during the invasions. Without informing the Tokugawa shogunate, Tsushima produces a forged letter from Ieyasu, and turns over some number of local Tsushima criminals and prisoners.[27]
1607 - A mission is led by Ryeo Ugil (aka Chiwon , with Vice Envoy Gyeong-seom (aka Chil-song), and Secretary (jongsagwan) Jeong Ho-sil (aka Il-chwi).[28] Many members of the mission are former samurai who, after surrendering to Korean forces during Hideyoshi's invasions, were permitted to take Korean names and to assimilate into Korean society, becoming either court officials of some sort, or soldiers (warriors) in service to the court. The mission meets with Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada in Edo, and then on the return journey meets with Tokugawa Ieyasu at Sunpu.[29] That the Koreans received audience with Hidetada first, and Ieyasu only second, served to demonstrate the power and legitimacy of the shogunate, as an institution, beyond the personal power of Ieyasu.[30]
1617 - A Korean mission meets with Tokugawa Hidetada in Kyoto. Hayashi Razan is among those invited to attend the reception. For the mission to meet with the shogun in Kyoto, with members of the court as witness (to the processions, at least, if not the audiences) is a further move by the shogunate to enhance its own legitimacy.[30]
1624 - A mission travels to Edo. Led by Chŏng Ip, it is the smallest of the missions, involving only 300 members.[31]
1636 - The first formal tongsinsa (tsûshinshi) is dispatched. It is led by Im Kwang, and travels to Edo and to Nikkô Tôshôgû. Among the terms discussed is the frequency of munwigwam missions to Tsushima.
1643 - The mission is led by Yun Sunji and consists of 462 members. It is sent nominally to congratulate the shogunate on the birth of a shogunal heir (Tokugawa Ietsuna was born in 1641). The envoys travel to Nikkô Tôshôgû, where they present a temple bell as a gift from King Injo, cast on the orders of the shogunate. The bell continues to hang at the Yômeimon in Nikkô today.
1655 - The mission, led by Jo Hyeong (1606-1679) and Nam Yong-ik (1628-1692), and consisting of 488 members, travels to Edo, and to Nikkô, where they present a number of lanterns for the mausoleum of Tokugawa Iemitsu; this is the last time a Korean embassy visits Nikkô. It is also the first Korean mission to Edo since the fall of the Ming Dynasty, and the beginning of Korean submission to the Qing Dynasty.
1682 - A mission travels to Edo. It is led by Yun Chiwan (尹趾完, 1635-1718), with Yi Ŏn'gang (李彦綱, 1648-1716) as vice-ambassador, and Pak Kyŏngsun (朴慶俊) as secretary.[32] The embassy consists of 363 men who travel to Edo, and another 112 who remain in Osaka with the embassy's ships. They are accompanied by perhaps fifty archers, fifty gunmen, fifty lancers, and 1,700 ashigaru, as well as by numerous porters.[33]
1711 - A mission travels to Edo, led by Jo Tae-eok (1675-1728), Im Sugan (1665-1721), and Lee Bang-eon.[34] It consists of 569 Koreans, of whom 371 traveled all the way to Edo, plus whatever number of Tsushima officials, porters, etc.[35] The mission is the only one to have four interpreters, while most have three, and some only one or two. The interpreters on this mission were Ch'oe Sangjip (崔尚山+集),[36] Yi Sŏngnin (李碩麟), Yi Sŏngnyŏn (李松年), and Kim Sinam (金始南).[37] Due to some disagreements regarding the Korean king's letter to the Shogun, the Korean envoys end up leaving Edo castle without a formal reply letter from the Shogun in return.[38]
1719 - A mission led by Lead Envoy Hong Ch'ijung, Vice Envoy Hwang Sŏn, and Secretary Yi Myŏng'ŏn, travels to Edo, staying at Honnô-ji in Kyoto for one night on their way, and several more nights on their way back. The mission includes three interpreters: Pak Chaech'ang (朴再昌), Han Huyŏn (韓後瑗), and Kim T'onam (金圖南).[37][8] The chesulgwan (製述官, chief composer of documents) on the mission, Sin Yu-Han, composes the Haeyurok, perhaps one of the most extensive travel diaries of a Korean official in Tokugawa Japan extant.
1748 - A mission travels to Edo. It consists of 392 men who journey to Edo and another 82 who remain with the ships in Osaka.[39]
1764 - A Korean mission travels to Edo for the last time during the Tokugawa period. The mission consists of 498 people, and their total journey takes 382 days.
1809 - Korean envoys in Tsushima are informed that the next mission would only be expected to come as far as Tsushima, and not to go to Edo.
1811 - The final formal Korean mission of the Edo period meets with Sô clan officials in Tsushima, and does not travel to the Japanese "mainland," let alone to Edo. Ogasawara Tadakata, lord of Kokura han, serves as stand-in for the shogun.[40]
1841 - An envoy from Tsushima travels to Pusan and requests that a mission be sent to Tsushima, but none ever is.
1844 - The shogunate requests, via Tsushima, that Korea send a mission in 1846, but this is ultimately cancelled.
1847 - The shogunate decides that the next Korean embassy will be received in Osaka, rather than coming all the way to Edo, and that it will be postponed until 1856. This embassy also ultimately never takes place.[25]
Lillehoj, Elizabeth. "A Gift for the Retired Empress." in Lillehoj (ed.). Acquisition: Art and Ownership in Edo-Period Japan. Floating World Editions, 2007. pp91-110.
Schottenhammer, Angela. "The East Asian maritime world, 1400-1800: Its fabrics of power and dynamics of exchanges - China and her neighbors." in Schottenhammer (ed.) The East Asian maritime world, 1400-1800: Its fabrics of power and dynamics of exchanges. Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007.
Anne Walthall, "Hiding the shoguns: Secrecy and the nature of political authority in Tokugawa Japan," in Bernard Scheid and Mark Teeuwen (eds.) The Culture of Secrecy in Japanese Religion, Routledge (2006), 341-344.
↑ Though Chôsen tsûshinshi is the term most commonly used today to refer to the Edo period Korean embassies, this term (kaitôken sakkanshi) was in fact more commonly used at the time, in the Edo period, while tsûshinshi was used by the Japanese more commonly in the Muromachi period. See: Lillehoj. p107n3.
↑ Marco Tinello, "The termination of the Ryukyuan embassies to Edo : an investigation of the bakumatsu period through the lens of a tripartite power relationship and its world," PhD thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia (2014), 38-39.
↑ 3.0 3.1 Mitani Hiroshi, David Noble (trans.), Escape from Impasse, International House of Japan (2006), 7-8.
↑ Schottenhammer. pp56-57.
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Satô Kenji, Chôsen tsûshinshi, Ryûkyû shisetsu no Nikkô mairi, Zuisôsha (2007), 24-27.
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Chôsen tsûshinshi to Okayama, Okayama Prefectural Museum, 2007, 53.
↑ The smallest Korea mission consisted of roughly 300 people. Lillehoj. p102.; Robert Hellyer, Defining Engagement, Harvard University Press (2009), 44.; The missions left Korea with an average of 485, leaving some of their men at Tsushima or Osaka, and entered Edo with an average of 395 men. Toby, "Carnival of the Aliens," 424.
↑ 8.0 8.1 Nam-Lin Hur, "A Korean Envoy Encounters Tokugawa Japan: Shin Yuhan and the Korean Embassy of 1719," Bunmei 21 no. 4 (Aichi University, 2000), 61-73.
↑ 9.0 9.1 Toby, Ronald. "Carnival of the Aliens: Korean Embassies in Edo-Period Art and Popular Culture." Monumenta Nipponica 41:4 (1986). 420n14.
↑ Arne Kalland, Fishing Villages in Tokugawa Japan, University of Hawaii Press (1995), 219-220.
↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Chôsen tsûshinshi to Okayama, 55.
↑ Martin Dusinberre, Hard Times in the Hometown: A History of Community Survival in Modern Japan, University of Hawaii Press (2012), 23-24.
↑ In 1764, for example, 36 out of the 43 homes along the main street in Kaminoseki each housed at least one official, with some of them housing as many as four or five. Dusinberre, 24-25.
↑ 14.0 14.1 Nam-lin Hur, "Choson Korean Officials in the Land of Tokugawa Japan: Ethnic Perceptions in the 1719 Korean Embassy," Korea Observer 38:3 (2007): 447.
↑ Toby identifies the boats in one depiction of such a Korean riverboat procession as belonging to the lords of Kuwana, Tosa, Uwajima, and Usuki domains. ("Carnival of the Aliens," 440n51.) This is in contrast to the Ryukyuan missions' riverboats, which were provided by western daimyô, including Chôshû, Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Kokura, and Kumamoto han (as seen in a 1710 handscroll, Chûzan-ô raichô zu, National Archives of Japan).
↑ Toby, "Carnival of the Aliens," 428.
↑ Toby, 433.
↑ The Ôhiroma at Edo castle contained three daises, or dan, of differing heights, placing the shogun physically, literally, above those to whom he granted an audience.
↑ Hellyer, 44.
↑ J: seishi 正使, fukushi 副使, shokanshi 書簡使
↑ Gallery labels, National Museum of Korea.[1]
↑ Hellyer, 105.
↑ Hellyer, 105-106.
↑ 25.0 25.1 Ishin shiryô kôyô, vol 1, Tokyo: Meguro Shoten (1937), 100
↑ Tinello, 189.
↑ Chôsen tsûshinshi to Okayama, 54.
↑ Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuyama-shi Tomonoura rekishi minzoku shiryôkan (2006), 92.
↑ Tomiyama Kazuyuki, Ryûkyû ôkoku no gaikô to ôken, Yoshikawa kôbunkan (2004), 118.
↑ 30.0 30.1 Kate Wildman Nakai, Shogunal Politics, Harvard University Press (1988), 177.
↑ Toby, Engaging the Other, Brill (2019), 158.
↑ Dusinberre, 23.; Toby, Engaging the Other, 158.
↑ The last character of this figure's name combines the two characters 山+集, but is non-standard.
↑ 37.0 37.1 Toby, "Carnival of the Aliens," 433.
↑ Tashiro Kazui, "Chôsen tsûshinshi gyôretsu emaki no kenkyû," Chôsen gakuhô 137 (1990), 29-30.
↑ Toby, Engaging the Other, 169.
↑ Miyake Hidetoshi 三宅英利, "Ryukyu shisetsu to Kokura han," Kitakyûshû daigaku bungakubu kiyô B series, vol. 21 (1989), 3.
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David Yonggi Cho of South Korean Megachurch Supported by American Pastor Bob Rodgers After $12M Embezzlement Conviction
American megachurch pastor, Bob Rodgers, has defended Pastor David Yonggi Cho after the pastor of Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea, was convicted last week of embezzling $12 million of the church's funds.
Cho, 78, was sentenced to three years in prison after he was convicted of directing officials to buy stocks from his son at four times the market price. The church subsequently lost U.S. $12 million, according to The Gospel Herald. Hee-jun, Cho's oldest son, the former CEO of the media company, Kookmin Ilbo, was also sentenced last week to three years in prison for his participation in the embezzlement scheme.
Bob Rodgers, the senior Pastor of Evangel World Prayer Center, released a nearly 500 word statement on Wednesday defending Cho, whom he referred to as a "personal friend of our family," and stated that he and his father had served on the board of Cho's Assemblies of God-affiliated church for a combined 38 years.
According to Rodgers, Cho did not purposely sabotage his church, but rather, his son "purposely defrauded" him.
"Cho testified that he trusted his elders and son and didn't check and read the thousands of pages of paperwork, which was prepared for him to sign. Because Cho relied upon the direction of his choice elders and son, he signed the papers. He never received any monies from the transaction," Rodgers wrote.
Rodgers also noted that unlike his two brothers, who both worked in ministry, Hee-jun "has been the prodigal," noting his four marriages and "sexual scandals with national personalities." Further, Hee-jun has previously "served prison time for investment scams and embezzlement."
Further, Rodgers suggested Cho was being punished by association and quoted the presiding judge, who reportedly said, "The court considered that even though Pastor Cho had the final say in the church, he never took the lead in any of the crimes, including tax evasion, committed on the suggestion of the accounting firm."
Rodgers, who said he decided to speak up for Cho, because of concerns of "the slant of some of the media reports," suggested that he could offer more context about the case because he was "present in Seoul during much of the trial."
He also added that "there was also information disclosed during closed-door meetings which has not yet been made public," which presumably he had insight about.
Rodgers also defended Cho's reputation against those who had criticized him for promoting and leading an opulent lifestyle.
"Even though Cho established the world's largest church, with more than 1 million members, he lives a simple life in a 1,000-square-foot church apartment. Neither does he own a car. Cho has raised and given personally to the church more than $170 million," he wrote.
Rodgers added that Cho is likely to avoid prison time but instead will be placed on probation.
Rodger's interpretation of Cho's trial contrasts with the account of former elder, Ha Sang-ok, who said in November that he had attempted unsuccessfully to convince the pastor to end his unethical ways.
"A sect leader might violate the commandments and do as he wishes, but a pastor cannot do that," Ha said, as reported in The Hanyoreah. "Over the past 14 years, I have met with Rev. Cho many times to try to persuade him to repent and return to being a great pastor, but the corruption has continued. That's why I had no choice but to disclose it to the outside world."
A biography of Cho on the English version of the Yoido Full Gospel Church website says that the pastor, who came to faith after attending a crusade led by American missionary Ken Tines, met Jesus in a vision one night while he was fasting and was baptized in the Holy Spirit.
"Pastor Cho gives thanks to the Lord for his 47 years of ministry, and has been sincerely serving 750,000 church members," the biography states. "In the early 21st century, the church's goals for next 10 years are to build 500 prayer houses and 5,000 satellite churches in Korea, and to expand global mission through internet broadcasting, and to enlarge overseas mission to the third world countries, including North Korea."
Approximately one million people claim membership at the South Korea church, which is affiliated with the Assemblies of God denomination. The AG is the world's largest Pentecostal denomination and boasts 66 million members.
Rodger's church is based out of Louisville, Ky., and boasts a membership of over 9,000 people.
Source: By Morgan Lee, David Yonggi Cho of South Korean Megachurch Supported by American Pastor Bob Rodgers After $12M Embezzlement Conviction, Christian Post, http://www.christianpost.com/news/david-yonggi-cho-of-south-korean-megachurch-supported-by-american-pastor-bob-rodgers-after-12m-embezzlement-conviction-115267/, Published 26/02/2014. (Accessed 01/03/2014.)


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