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In the Japanese Islands, the pirate is active from the 8th century to the 16th century in the coast along an inland of Seto. They were the trader and the plunderer in the Japanese Islands. The Japanese pirate was not a resistant against the political power but a sea trade. The expansion of the Japanese pirate in Medieval Period was related to the social-political disorder Kamakura shogunate and signified the increasing of pirate and the expansion of piracy. Therefore, Their activity is the plunder economy. Because of the appearance of pirate, the discord and the hostile was formed between Joseon Kingdom and Japan. The activity of pirate elevated the importance of sea in the coast of East-Asia while the development of navigation and shipbuilding disappear the pirate. The Japanese pirate stood in the crossing of antiforeign feeling between Korea and Japan. The Japanese pirate brought about the restlessness of popular feelings, the financial difficulty and the crisis of national existence. Then, the looted goods which needed at the Japanese Islands in Koryo Kingdom period passed the buck to Joseon Kingdom. An appeasement measure policy alleviated the economical burden of looted goods. Reception expenses in 『Haedongjekukki』 and 『Kyeongkudaejeon』 accorded with the quantity of cereal that plundered in Koryo Kingdom. Consequently, the Japanese pirate and the plunder economy meant the identity of Japanese pirate.