Political and economic relations between Korea and Japan had been suspended completely following the war between the two nations.

Negotiations between the Korean court and the Tokugawa Shogunate are carried out via the Japanese daimyo of Tsushima Island, So Yoshitomo, who had avoided intervening in the invasion.

The So clan desires to restore commercial relations with Korea, Japan at this time relying on Chinese and Korean silk for kimonos and various other mainland technologies.

Tokugawa Ieyasu, favoring peaceful relations abroad, releases three thousand captives in the spring of 1604.