O Yun'gyŏm (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.Toby, Ronald P. (1991). State and Diplomacy in Early Modern Japan: Asia in the Development of the Tokugawa Bakufu, p. 70.

1617 mission to Japan O Yun'gyŏm was the leader selected by the Gwanghaegun of Joseon to head a mission to Japan in 1617.Walraven, Boudewijn et al. (2007). Korea in the middle: Korean studies and area studies, p. 361. The diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade.Walker, Brett L. "Foreign Affairs and Frontiers in Early Modern Japan: A Historiographical Essay", Early Modern Japan. Fall, 2002, pp. 48.

This delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a "Reply and Prisoner Repatriation Envoy" (). The mission was not understood to signify that relations were "normalized."Lewis, James Bryant. (2003). Frontier contact between Chosŏn Korea and Tokugawa Japan, pp. 21-24.

The Joseon monarch's ambassador and retinue traveled only as far as Kyoto, where the delegation was received by Shōgun Hidetada at Fushimi Castle.Toby, p. 105 n16.

See also Yeonguijeong Joseon diplomacy Joseon missions to Japan Joseon tongsinsa

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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. Toby, Ronald P. (1991). State and Diplomacy in Early Modern Japan: Asia in the Development of the Tokugawa Bakufu. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 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. ;

External links O Yun-gyeom at Encyclopedia of Korean Culture

조선통신사연구 (Journal of Studies in Joseon Tongsinsa)