Sino-Japanese trade relations (1430s)

Name: Sino-Japanese trade relations (1430s)
Start: 1431
End: 1440

Type Event Region Asia Time 1431–1440

In the 1430s, under Ashikaga Yoshinori, the Muromachi shogunate actively sought formal trade and investiture relations with Ming China, dispatching e…

Timeline

1431–1435Kyoto · KansaiAshikaga Yoshinori dispatched a Zen monk embassy to Ming, requesting that the Ming emperor invest the title 'King of Japan' and resume kango ship trade, to consolidate the shogunate's legitimate standing abroad.
1436–1440Nanjing · JiangnanUnder the Yingzong of Ming, Japanese envoys received only a limited response, but because wokou were rampant, in 1439 the Ming court ordered trade with Japan halted, and the kango ship system effectively fell into stagnation.

Sources

中日关系史（古代至近代） — 汪向荣 (1980)