Recipient - jutoshonin

Japanese: 受図書人 - じゅとしょにん

During the Joseon Dynasty, Japanese people received a copper seal (tosho) from Korea as proof of permission to trade. This allowed them to send ships with the seal. The people who received the seal ranged from powerful shugo daimyo to Kyushu tandai, the lord of Tsushima Island and his family, influential people on the island, people who had converted from wako pirates, other powerful clans and merchants in Kyushu and China, and the number of travelers tended to increase. Therefore, Korea limited the number of books issued, and in particular strengthened the control of travelers by the bunbin system (tosho, bunbin). In principle, when a person who received the seal died, the seal was returned and reissued to his successor, but in reality, it was often the case that the seal was passed on to someone else while the person who received the seal was still alive and used for a long time.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

李氏朝鮮時代，朝鮮から通交貿易を許可する証としての銅印(図書)を受けた日本人。これによって，受図書船を派遣することができる。受図書人は，有力守護大名から九州探題，対馬島主とその一族，島内の有力者，倭寇からの転向者，その他九州･中国方面の豪族，商人にまで及び，渡航者の数は増加する傾向にあった。そこで朝鮮では図書発給数を制限し，とくに文引の制による渡航者の統制を強化した(図書･文引)。図書は，受図書人が死ねば原則としてこれを返納し，後継者に改給されたが，実際は受図書人の生前に別人が譲りうけ，長期にわたって使用される場合が多かった。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

<<: Jutes - Jutojin (English spelling)

>>: Metropolitan Expressway - Shuto Expressway