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* ''Distinction: Lord of [[Tsushima province|Tsushima]]''

* ''Distinction: Lord of [[Tsushima province|Tsushima]]''

* ''Japanese:'' 宗 義調 ''(Sou Yoshishige)''

* ''Japanese:'' 宗 義調 ''(Sou Yoshishige)''

[[Image:So mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Sô kamon.]]

[[Image:So mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Sô kamon.]]

Yoshishige was a son of [[So Haruyasu|Sô Haruyasu]] and ruled the island of Tsushima in the Korean Straits. He clashed with the [[Matsuura clan|Matsuura]] and in [[1587]] submitted to [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and initiated a failed attempt at negotiations with the Koreans, with whom he had ties through the [[So clan|Sô's]] trading endeavors. He died while these negotiations, aimed at securing passage for Hideyoshi's armies in an invasion of China, were in progress.

Yoshishige was a son of [[So Haruyasu|Sô Haruyasu]] and ruled the island of Tsushima in the Korean Straits. He clashed with the [[Matsuura clan|Matsuura]] and in [[1587]] submitted to [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and initiated a failed attempt at negotiations with the Koreans, with whom he had ties through the [[So clan|Sô's]] trading endeavors. He died while these negotiations, aimed at securing passage for Hideyoshi's armies in an invasion of China, were in progress.