Tokugawa Yoshimune
In the 45th year of King Sukjong's reign, an embassy was dispatched to Japan. The Joseon envoy and his party arrived in Japan in the 10th month of the 4th year of "Kyōhō", as reckoned by the Japanese calendar in use at that time. King Sukjong sent Hong Ch'ijung with a retinue of 475. The Joseon ambassador was granted an audience with shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune.