In the end of 16th century, the Toyotomi government of Japan dispatched troops to Korea (the Bunroku-Keicho War), breaking off the relationship between Ming Dynasty and Japan, as well as the one between Korea and Japan.
16世紀末、日本の豊臣政権による朝鮮出兵（文禄・慶長の役）が行われ、日朝、日明関係が断絶した。