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*''Japanese'': 坊津 ''(bou no tsu)''

*''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 [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]]. The port declined, however, with the rise of [[Nagasaki]] in the [[Edo period]].

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 [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]], especially after conflicts between [[Hakata]] and [[Sakai]] merchants led to Ryukyuan ships making port only at Hakata and Bônotsu (and not Sakai) for a time.<ref>Yokoyama Manabu 横山学, ''Ryûkyû koku shisetsu torai no kenkyû'' 琉球国使節渡来の研究, Tokyo: Yoshikawa kôbunkan (1987), 36.</ref> The port declined, however, with the rise of [[Nagasaki]] in the [[Edo period]].

A community of Chinese merchants remained active at Bônotsu through the end of the 17th century, encouraged or at least condoned by the lords of [[Satsuma han]], who allowed continued Chinese merchant activity all across the Satsuma coast until the early 18th century or so, despite the shogunate's [[maritime restrictions]] policies.<ref>Robert Hellyer, ''Defining Engagement'', Harvard University Press (2009), 46-47.</ref>

A community of Chinese merchants remained active at Bônotsu through the end of the 17th century, encouraged or at least condoned by the lords of [[Satsuma han]], who allowed continued Chinese merchant activity all across the Satsuma coast until the early 18th century or so, despite the shogunate's [[maritime restrictions]] policies.<ref>Robert Hellyer, ''Defining Engagement'', Harvard University Press (2009), 46-47.</ref>