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Hakata and the immediately surrounding area were the chief sites where Mongol forces landed, and were fought, during the [[Mongol Invasions]] of [[1274]] and [[1281]].

Hakata and the immediately surrounding area were the chief sites where Mongol forces landed, and were fought, during the [[Mongol Invasions]] of [[1274]] and [[1281]].

The [[Shofuku-ji|Shôfuku-ji]] in the city is sometimes said to have been the first [[Zen]] temple ever established in Japan.<ref>Timon Screech, ''Obtaining Images'', University of Hawaii Press (2012), 116-117.</ref>

The [[Shofuku-ji|Shôfuku-ji]] in the city, established by [[Eisai]] in [[1195]], is said to have been the first [[Zen]] temple ever established in Japan.<ref>Timon Screech, ''Obtaining Images'', University of Hawaii Press (2012), 116-117.; von Glahn, 275.</ref>

In the [[Muromachi period]], merchants from Hakata played prominent roles alongside Zen monks in leading both official embassies from the [[Ashikaga shogunate]], and from the royal court of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], to China, Korea, and elsewhere in the region. [[Tribute]] missions and ''[[kango boeki|kangô bôeki]]'' (tally trade) ships also traveled via Hakata.<ref>Hashimoto Yû. "The Information Strategy of Imposter Envoys from Northern Kyushu to Choson Korea in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries." in Angela Schottenhammer (ed.) ''The East Asian Mediterranean: Maritime Crossroads of Culture, Commerce and Human Migration''. Harrassowitz Verlag, 2008. pp289-315.</ref>

In the [[Muromachi period]], merchants from Hakata played prominent roles alongside Zen monks in leading both official embassies from the [[Ashikaga shogunate]], and from the royal court of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], to China, Korea, and elsewhere in the region. [[Tribute]] missions and ''[[kango boeki|kangô bôeki]]'' (tally trade) ships also traveled via Hakata.<ref>Hashimoto Yû. "The Information Strategy of Imposter Envoys from Northern Kyushu to Choson Korea in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries." in Angela Schottenhammer (ed.) ''The East Asian Mediterranean: Maritime Crossroads of Culture, Commerce and Human Migration''. Harrassowitz Verlag, 2008. pp289-315.</ref>