Bonotsu

• Japanese: 坊津 (bou no tsu)

Bônotsu is a port town in southern Satsuma province. During the Muromachi period, it had been a particularly active port in the trade with China and with Ryûkyû. The port declined, however, with the rise of Nagasaki in the Edo period.

References

• Watanabe Miki. "An International Maritime Trader - Torihara Sôan: The Agent for Tokugawa Ieyasu's First Negotiations with Ming China, 1600." in Angela Schottenhammer (ed.) The East Asian Mediterranean: Maritime Crossroads of Culture, Commerce and Human Migration. Harrassowitz-Verlag, 2009. p169n5.

External Links

• Bônotsu on Google Maps