WI a modest part of Taira Navy, with Emperor Antoku, manages to exit Straits of Shimonoseki?
Assume the battle is still a defeat. Staying in Japan, to sail either North and land in Honshu away from Straits, or South and land in Kyushu away from Straits, means the now superior Minamoto navy and land forces would soon catch up.
So the Taira with the legitimate Emperor and regalia sail across Tsushima Strait and land in Koryo.
How would they be received?
Japan had never recognized Koryo. Last diplomatic missions to Silla had been in 780 or so. Koryo had after their founding in mid-10th century sent several embassies, but Heian court refused to receive any.
And now the Heian court is in Koryo, with their imperial regalia.
Koryo is ruled, since 1183, by a military dictator Yi Ui-Min in the name of Great King Myeongjong.
How would they receive the Japanese Imperial Court?
Assume the battle is still a defeat. Staying in Japan, to sail either North and land in Honshu away from Straits, or South and land in Kyushu away from Straits, means the now superior Minamoto navy and land forces would soon catch up.
So the Taira with the legitimate Emperor and regalia sail across Tsushima Strait and land in Koryo.
How would they be received?
Japan had never recognized Koryo. Last diplomatic missions to Silla had been in 780 or so. Koryo had after their founding in mid-10th century sent several embassies, but Heian court refused to receive any.
And now the Heian court is in Koryo, with their imperial regalia.
Koryo is ruled, since 1183, by a military dictator Yi Ui-Min in the name of Great King Myeongjong.
How would they receive the Japanese Imperial Court?