The Otomo Clan and their Smuggling (6)

     According to a Chinese record dated August the 20th, 1557:

     In 1556, Hu Zongxian, the supreme commander in Zhejiang Province, Ming, sent Chen Keyuan and Jiang Zhou to Japan.  The two first visited Goto Islands in Japan, and met Wang Zhi and Mao Haifeng, famous Chinese Wokou chiefs who were based in the island.  Keyuan returned to Ming to report, but Zhou stayed in Japan and kept visiting other islands.

     Jiang Zhou went to Bungo Province, and stayed there.  He sent his priest messenger to “Yamaguchi Island” and admonished  “the military governor of Yamaguchi, Minamoto Yoshinaga,” to crack down on Wokou.  Yoshinaga dispatched an official document with the seal of the King of Japan, and sent captives back.

     “The governor of Bungo Province, Minamoto Yoshishige,” sent Tokuyo, a priest, with local products, offered an apology document, asked for a tally to offer tribute, and sent Zhou back with guards.

     Obviously, Minamoto Yosjinaga was Ouchi Yoshinaga, and Minamoto Yoshishige was Otomo Yoshishige.