Temple shows board inscribed with Korean envoy's poem from 1607

Temple shows board inscribed with Korean envoy's poem from 1607

A priest at the Seigen-ji temple in the city of Shizuoka, central Japan, points to a wooden board (above) inscribed with a Chinese-style poem written by Yo Ugil, chief Korean envoy dispatched by the Yi dynasty to Japan in 1607, on March 27, 2015. ==Kyodo

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