In "Chosenjin Raiheiki" (a document about Koreans who visited Japan to pay tributes), it is described that, referring to "Sankan Seibatsu" (The Conquest of the Three Korean Kingdoms), Chosen Tsushinshi was an envoy bringing tributes to Japan, suggesting that Japanese considered, from the beginning, Chosen Tsushinshi an envoy bringing tributes.
『朝鮮人来聘記』等においても三韓征伐等を持ち出して朝鮮通信使は朝貢使節であると見なしており、当初から日本人が朝鮮通信使を朝貢使節団として捉えていたことがうかがえる。