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After arriving in [[Dazaifu]] in 1369 and meeting with [[Prince Kanenaga]], Yáng was imprisoned for three months while five of his men were beheaded. Yáng was eventually permitted to return safely to China, and a new mission, this time led by an official named [[Zhao Zhi|Zhào Zhì]], traveled to Dazaifu and was ultimately successful in convincing Prince Kanenaga to begin sending tribute missions, to quell the ''[[wako|wakô]]'', and to take on the title of [[King of Japan]].

After arriving in [[Dazaifu]] in 1369 and meeting with [[Prince Kanenaga]], Yáng was imprisoned for three months while five of his men were beheaded. Yáng was eventually permitted to return safely to China, and a new mission, this time led by an official named [[Zhao Zhi|Zhào Zhì]], traveled to Dazaifu and was ultimately successful in convincing Prince Kanenaga to begin sending tribute missions, to quell the ''[[wako|wakô]]'', and to take on the title of [[King of Japan]].

Yáng was then dispatched in 1372 to [[Okinawa Island|Ryûkyû]], where he secured the beginning of tributary relations between the Ryukyuan kingdom of Chûzan and the Ming court.

Prior to returning to China, Yáng is believed to have traveled directly from Kyushu to Okinawa, where he may have met with King [[Satto]] of Chûzan, explaining to him the meaning and functioning of tributary relations, and then returning to the imperial capital of [[Nanjing]] via [[Fuzhou]]. Yáng then returned to 1372 to [[Okinawa Island|Ryûkyû]] in a more official capacity in [[1372]], bringing with him official imperial edicts demanding tribute; King Satto quickly agreed and formal tribute and investiture embassies were exchanged between the Ming and Chûzan shortly afterward.

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==References==

==References==

*Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 62-63.

*Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 62-65.

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