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The earliest extant documentary reference to Miyako-jôfu comes from a [[1583]] record of King [[Sho Ei|Shô Ei]] of Ryûkyû receiving a gift or tribute payment of the fabric.
The earliest extant documentary reference to Miyako-jôfu comes from a [[1583]] record of King [[Sho Ei|Shô Ei]] of Ryûkyû receiving a gift or tribute payment of the fabric.
Though chiefly made in the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands and accordingly known as ''Miyako jôfu'' or ''Yaeyama jôfu'' in most Ryukyuan and [[Satsuma han|Satsuma domain]] records, when imported via Satsuma to Osaka or Edo, these textiles came to be known in Edo period Japan as ''Satsuma jôfu''.<ref>Kakazu Hitosa 嘉数仁然, "Katte ni Shuri kentei! kaisetsu hen" 勝手に首里検定！解説編, ''Momoto Special Issue: Shuri, Ryûkyû no miyako o aruku'' モモト 別冊：首里・琉球の都をあるく (2013/8), 66.</ref>
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