Wokou / Coastal Raids

Timeline

1. 1523Ningbo Maritime Trade Supervisorate · ZhejiangTwo tribute missions from Japan's Hosokawa and Ōtomo clans arrived in Ningbo simultaneously, competing for kango trade qualifications and priority rights to purchase goods; armed brawls broke out inside and outside the Maritime Trade Supervisorate, and Ming officials could not effectively stop them.
2. 1523Hangzhou · ZhejiangThe Japanese of the losing side set fire to and burned down the Ningbo Maritime Trade Supervisorate, then raided northward along the coast, advancing to the outskirts of Hangzhou, where Ming forces responded hastily. The incident shocked the southeast, and the Ming court thereafter suspended Japanese tributary trade for several years.