Descendent of 1607 Korean envoy to Japan stands under ancestor's poem

Yo Un Jun, an 11th-generation descendent of Yo U Gil, chief envoy of a Korean diplomatic mission dispatched by the Yi dynasty to Japan in 1607, shakes hands with the master priest of Seiken-ji temple in the city of Shizuoka, central Japan, on May 16, 2015, under a framed Chinese poem (above) left by his ancestor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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